Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, they created a culture that influenced both civilizations.

The 2,300-year-old royal tomb of a Kushite king appears nearly untouched—and submerged in rising groundwater. What’s an archaeologist to do? With more than 20 ancient pyramids sprawling across ...

The Kushite kingdom controlled a vast amount of territory in Sudan between 800 B.C. and the fourth century A.D. There are a number of reasons why the Kushite kingdom collapsed, Welsby said.

Tombs with human remains lie beneath these 2,000-year-old pyramids, discovered in the ancient cemetery near the ancient town of Gematon in Sudan.

So while the Kushite pyramids were influenced by the ancient Egyptians, they were—historically speaking—about as far removed from Giza-era pyramids as we are from these Nubian pyramids today ...

The Kushite civilization survived from 9th century B.C. to the 4th century A.D. "It's an amazing shock that we've found the statues there particularly Taharqa," said Julie Anderson, ...

Huge granite statues of a pharaoh and other kings have been found in Sudan, a discovery that has shocked archaeologists at how far south the expansive Kushite empire extended, the dig directors ...