Glimpses forgotten pyramids7/11/2023 In the same year, they were first explored by the French scientist and traveler Frederic Cayo. The first of the Europeans to reach the Pyramid of Meroe was Linan de Belfon in 1821. The decorative elements of the stone pyramids of Nubia are borrowed from the cultures of Egypt, Greece, and Rome.Ĥ. The walls are covered with frescoes, hieroglyphs, and inscriptions, testifying to the influence of the culture of ancient Egypt on the development of the kingdom of Kush. Hieroglyphics and frescoes inside one of the pyramids of Meroe. The entrances to the tombs were usually located from the East – facing the rising sun. The Meroe Pyramids were built between 720 and 300 BC. The ancient structures are located in the Meroe region (on the eastern side of the Nile between Aswan and Khartoum) – an ancient city on the territory of modern Sudan, which became the capital of the state of Kush after the destruction of Napata by the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt Psammetichus II in the 6th century BC.Ģ. Credit: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah / Reutersġ. ![]() Unfortunately, over 40 of the pyramids were either partially or completely destroyed by treasure hunters. ![]() The forgotten pyramids of Meroe are the lasting testament to the power of the ancient Nubian rulers.Įveryone has heard of the Egyptian pyramids, but few people know that there are almost 200 pyramids in the desert of eastern Sudan, which differ from their counterparts in Giza in their small size and lack of valuable artifacts – the Pyramids of Meroe.
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