Verified16.9383° N · 33.7492° E · 350 m
Pyramids of Meroë
Meroë Pyramids · Begarawiyah Pyramids
Meroitic Kingdom·Kushite / Meroitic·🇸🇩 Bayuda Desert, River Nile, Sudan
About
About Pyramids of Meroë
Royal cemetery of Kushite Kingdom of Meroë (300 BCE–350 CE) with ~200 steep Nubian pyramids, smaller and narrower than Egyptian, with offering chapels decorated with Egyptian-Kushite reliefs. Northern, Southern and Western cemeteries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 300 BCE – 350 CE
- Period
- Meroitic Kingdom
- Culture
- Kushite / Meroitic
- Purpose
- Royal and noble tombs
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
300 BCE – 350 CE
Initial construction
c. 1442 CE
Rediscovery
Location
Where it is
16.9383° N · 33.7492° E · 350 m
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