Sedeinga — Meroitic Pyramid Field North of Soleb
Meroitic (300 BCE–300 CE) late Meroitic queen tombs·Meroitic (Kandake/Amanishakheto tradition)·🇸🇩 Northern State, Sedeinga, 5 km north of Soleb, near 3rd Cataract, west bank, pyramid field, Sudan
About
About Sedeinga — Meroitic Pyramid Field North of Soleb
Sedeinga excavated by Francigny, 80 Meroitic pyramids 300 BCE–300 CE.
Why it mattersKey Meroitic (Kandake/Amanishakheto tradition) pyramid with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Elite residence
- 02Ceremonial centre
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 100 BCE–300 CE
- Period
- Meroitic (300 BCE–300 CE) late Meroitic queen tombs
- Culture
- Meroitic (Kandake/Amanishakheto tradition)
- Purpose
- Meroitic pyramid cemetery with 80 small pyramids (6–8 m base each) — largest Napatan-Meroitic outlier with glass and queen vault
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1885
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1200 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Sedeinga — Meroitic Pyramid Field North of Soleb
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Sedeinga — Meroitic Pyramid Field North of Soleb
On the ground
Structures & features
20.5010° N · 30.3320° E · 195 m · 3 mapped features
Sedeinga — Meroitic Pyramid Field North of Soleb — Principal Pyramid
pyramidpyramid at Sedeinga — Meroitic Pyramid Field North of Soleb — outlier feature
20.5009° N · 30.3329° ESedeinga — Meroitic Pyramid Field North of Soleb — Northern Chamber
chamberchamber at Sedeinga — Meroitic Pyramid Field North of Soleb — subsidiary complex
20.4990° N · 30.3306° ESedeinga — Meroitic Pyramid Field North of Soleb — Southern Causeway
causewaycauseway at Sedeinga — Meroitic Pyramid Field North of Soleb — primary structure
20.5004° N · 30.3328° E