🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
El-Kurru Pyramid Ku.1 (King Piye / Piankhy)
Napatan founding, c.750 BCE · Kushite Napatan
Founder's pyramid Ku.1 at El-Kurru for King Piye/Piankhy (c.747–716 BCE, founder of 25th Dynasty who conquered Egypt).
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🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan founding, c.750 BCE · Kushite Napatan
Founder's pyramid Ku.1 at El-Kurru for King Piye/Piankhy (c.747–716 BCE, founder of 25th Dynasty who conquered Egypt).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) · Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic)
El Kurru Pyramid Ku 17 Forecourt in Northern, El Kurru, Sudan is a Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) pyramid attributed to Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) · Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic)
Sedeinga Pyramid 215 West Facade in Northern, Sedeinga, Sudan is a Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) pyramid attributed to Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kerma to New Kingdom (2000 BCE Egyptian colonial peak 1500–1070 BCE, reused Napatan 750 BCE) · Egyptian colonial (18th Dynasty) with Kerma-Nubian substrate
New Kingdom Egyptian temple-town on Sai Island (Thutmose III) with northern town fortified settlement, Egyptian temple for Amun (later Kushite), and associated small pyramids and shaft tombs in…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan, c.538–519 BCE · Kushite Napatan
Pyramid Bar.2 at Jebel Barkal north cemetery for King Amaninatakilebte (c.538–519 BCE, Napatan 27th Dynasty contemporaneous with Persian Egypt).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan to Early Meroitic, c.700–300 BCE · Kushite
Napatan queen's pyramid ST1 in Sector II at Sedeinga (c.700–600 BCE), 13 m base, part of 200+ pyramid cemetery stretching 4 km.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom (Amenhotep III, 1391–1353 BCE) with Napatan reuse 750 BCE · Egyptian New Kingdom (18th Dynasty, Amenhotep III) Nubian frontier
Festival temple of Amenhotep III (1400 BCE, Nebmaatre) at Soleb on west bank, 55×25 m sandstone pylon temple dedicated to Amun and deified king, with sphinx avenue to Nile and satellite…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom Egyptian colonial (1500–1070 BCE) reused Napatan (750–650 BCE) · Egyptian colonial (New Kingdom) and early Kushite
Napatan and New Kingdom Egyptian cemetery with small steep pyramids (c.1500–500 BCE) on alluvial plain of Nile at Third Cataract near Tombos village.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tomb
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
El-Kurru — Pyramid Ku 6 Ancillary Courtyard (Kush) in Northern, El-Kurru, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingd…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kerma Classic to Early Napatan, c.1700–600 BCE (reused) · Kushite (Kerma → Napatan)
Kerma-classic tumulus Tomb 4 at Hillat el-Arab (c.1700–1500 BCE, early Kushite Kerma horizon) — 20 m diameter tumulus with mudbrick vaulted chamber and subsidiary burials, horse and cattle bucrania…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan (650 BCE Queen pyramid small) · Kushite Napatan queen
Kurru KU14 excavated by Reisner, queen of Aspelta.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Late Napatan (330 BCE Nastasen, last Napatan king at Nuri) · Late Napatan Nastasen
Nuri Nastasen Nu.12 excavated by Dunham.