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 first ...

Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own, creating a distinctive, visual style. Truncated and with steep sides, the pyramids left by the long line of Nubian kings populate the desert ...

Inspired by Egypt’s monumental tombs, Piye became the first Kushite to commission a pyramid for himself at El-Kurru, a necropolis near the Nile. This was just the beginning of Sudan’s pyramid ...