The center of a powerful civilization, Meroë served as the capital city of Kush whose robust ... 730 B.C., the Nubian king, Piye, successfully invaded and conquered Egypt, extending his control ...

Among the buried were 41 Kushite kings and queens ... of these structures rivals that of Egypt. They are a testament to the power of the Kingdom of Kush, a civilization that controlled critical ...

Hieroglyphics on the sphinx's chest spell it out: this is a portrait of the great King Taharqo, the fourth pharaoh to rule over the combined kingdoms of Kush and Egypt. Kush occupied what is now ...

The office of the 'viceroy (king's son) of Kush' was installed at the beginning of the 18th Dynasty. The viceroy was head of the administration of Nubia. Through the importance of Nubia (gold mines) ...

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities recently relocated the 4,600-year-old Solar Boat of King Khufu from its site near the Great Pyramid of Giza to the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).

Horses were introduced into Egypt during the Second ... In later times, the kingdom of Kush in the Sudan was famous for its horses, perhaps from good grazing grounds in areas of Upper Nubia: in the ...

Typically smaller than those found in Egypt, the Sudanese pyramids were constructed by the rulers of the ancient Kingdom of Kush. Emerging ... producing a line of kings known as the Black Pharaohs.

Former EastEnders star Davood Ghadami looks completely transformed in his exciting new role for an Amazon Prime series. The ...