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215 places in the atlas, 36 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) · Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic)
Gebel Barkal Pyramid 8 Chapel Foundation in Northern, Gebel Barkal, Sudan is a Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) pyramid attributed to Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (300 BCE-350 CE) · Meroitic
Meroe North Pyramid Field N12 Annex — Western Terrace in River Nile, Meroe, Sudan is a Meroitic (300 BCE-350 CE) pyramid attributed to Meroitic.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (300 BCE–350 CE) · Kushite (Meroitic)
Enigmatic Meroitic 3rd-century BCE–1st-century CE sandstone temple complex 25 km from Nile in Butana steppe, 180 km NE of Khartoum and 20 km north of Naqa.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Amarna to post-Amarna New Kingdom to Napatan · Egyptian (Amarna) / Kushite
Akhenaten’s fortified Nubian temple town c.1350 BCE at Sesebi — walled 200×250 m with four temples and external Napatan mini-pyramids.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom to Third Intermediate/Napatan (1200–750 BCE) · Egyptian colonial and Kushite (Napatan)
Napatan rock-cut cemetery 3 km south Jebel Barkal (1200–750 BCE), pyramids 4–6 m base, rock tombs.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom (viceregal Kush) to early Napatan · Egyptian / Kushite (Napatan)
Napatan pyramid cemetery 5 km N of Jebel Barkal — 20 tombs 1400–300 BCE with small steep pyramids 5–8 m bridging New Kingdom viceregal and Kushite Kush.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic to Christian, c.300 BCE–500 CE · Kushite / Meroitic
Tabo mound at southern tip of Argo Island (40 km north of Dongola) between 3rd-4th Cataracts: massive artificial temple mound (10 m high) supporting Meroitic Amun temple (50×70 m) with late Kushite…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kerma (2500–1500 BCE), Classic Kerma 1750–1500 BCE · Kerma Culture (Nubian Kush)
Monumental mudbrick temple-massif 19 m high (52x27 m base) forming religious heart of Kerma, capital of the 3000-year-old Kerma Culture (2500–1500 BCE), one of Africa's earliest urban civilizations…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan to Meroitic and Christian (680 BCE–500 CE) · Kushite (Napatan/Meroitic)
Kushite temple mound on Argo Island (Taharqa, 700 BCE), 75.6 m Amun temple, 15 m high mound.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic, c.300 BCE–350 CE (Meroitic Kushite) · Kushite / Meroitic
Meroe North Cemetery at Begarawiya ridge north of Meroe city: 44 steep-sided Meroitic pyramids 8-15 m base, 10-20 m high, with pylon chapels, stelae and offering tables.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom (18th Dynasty) to Napatan · Egyptian / Kushite
Greatest Nubian temple of Amenhotep III c.1400 BCE at Soleb with 30 small Napatan pyramids and ram avenue south of 3rd Cataract.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom to early Kushite (1500–1000 BCE) · Egyptianized Nubian (New Kingdom Egyptian–Nubian elite)
Largely unsalvaged New Kingdom to early Kushite pyramid cemetery 22 km north of Semna system, with 15+ steep mudbrick pyramids (base 8–12 m, height inferred 10–15 m) over shaft tombs of Egyptianized…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c.1380 BCE (Amenhotep III) · Ancient Egyptian (Nebmaatra Amenhotep III)
Soleb Temple (Nebmaatra — Mansion of Millions of Years) on west bank at Soleb between 2nd-3rd Cataracts: Egypt's largest Nubian temple (134×56 m) built by Amenhotep III for Amun and self-deification.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom, 18th–19th Dynasty, ~1345 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (Amarna and Ramesside)
Akhenaten fortified temple-town on Nile west bank (c.1345 BCE), 200×100 m fortress with Aten temple.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kerma to New Kingdom (2000–1100 BCE) · Kerma / Egyptian syncretic
Separate walled ceremonial city 400x200 m discovered 700 m north of Kerma's Western Deffufa, revealing sub-Saharan African architecture (oval huts, timber palisades and 20 round temples) alongside…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (early to late Meroitic) · Kushite (Meroitic)
Meroitic royal city and temple town 50 km east of Nile, famed for co-built Temple of Apedemak (Natakamani & Amanitore, 1st century CE) with twin pylons covered in lion-god reliefs, Roman kiosk and…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom (1850–1000 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Middle Kingdom–New Kingdom)
Rectangular island fortress (c.1850 BCE, renovated through New Kingdom) on second cataract islet, granary and customs depot between Semna and Mirgissa.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan / 25th Dynasty, c.850-650 BCE (early Kushite) · Kushite (Napatan, 25th Dynasty)
El-Kurru ridge 13 km south of Jebel Barkal: tumuli and pyramids of early Kushite kings (Tumulus 1 → Pyramid Ku1 Piye).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, c.1350 BCE (Akhenaten / Amenhotep IV) · Ancient Egyptian (Akhenaten)
Sesebi walled town on west bank between 2nd-3rd Cataracts: rectangular fortified settlement 270×200 m with Aten temple (Akhenaten) later converted to Amun temple by Seti I.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ~1380 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (imperial Nubia) and Napatan
Largest Egyptian temple in Nubia (Amenhotep III, c.1380 BCE), 135 m long, with Napatan pyramid cemetery.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BCE (Thutmose III–Ramesses II) · Ancient Egyptian
Sai Island northern town (Upper Nubia) on island mid-Nile between 2nd and 3rd Cataracts: Egyptian walled town 238×120 m with Amun temple (Thutmose III–Amenhotep II), governor's residence and…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Musawwarat — North Pyramid Field Small Pyramid 5 in River Nile, Musawwarat, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom antecedent to Napatan (Taharqo 690 BCE) to Meroitic 350 CE · Kushite (Napatan-Meroitic, Taharqo)
Kushite temple (Argo Island, largest Nile island c.30 km long) founded Taharqo 25th Dynasty (688 BCE) over New Kingdom levels, 35×25 m sandstone temple with pylon, pronaos and sanctuary on granite…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Begrawiya North — Beg. N8 Ancillary Pylon (Meroë) in River Nile, Begrawiya North, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ol…
