KHARTOUM (Reuters Life!) - 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 ...

The triumph of the Kushite Queen, Kandake Amanirenas, over the invading Roman armies after five years of fierce fighting has so much inflamed the zeal of American star Keke Palmer that she chose to ...

Ancient Egyptians had their own version of 'Mount Olympus' in Gebel Barkal in Sudan which served as the house of god Amon The Greeks were not the first to have a ‘Mount Olympus’ where their pantheon ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own, ...

SHENDI, Sudan — Matthias Meyer, the German ambassador, had long dreamed of staging a performance of Beethoven works in the deserts of Sudan to raise money to restore at least one of the country’s ...

Sudan, not Egypt, holds the world’s highest concentration of pyramids. Built by the Kushite kings of Nubia, these monuments ...

MEROE, Sudan (Reuters) - Portuguese architect Tania Monteiro and her husband are almost alone as they tour Sudan's pyramids, a world-class attraction long neglected by the world. "People are really, ...

Five years ago, curators at the British Museum began planning Sudan: Ancient Treasures — 320 objects, some of them 200,000 years old, on loan from the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. But about ...

From vicious proxy wars and human rights abuses to providing a haven for Osama bin Laden, the activities of the Sudanese regime, led by President Omar al-Bashir, have turned the country into a pariah ...

UNESCO is deeply concerned about recent reports of military activities on the Island of Meroe, in Sudan, whose archaeological sites are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Organization ...

When people think about pyramids, most automatically think of Egypt-Ancient Egypt, to be precise, as the massive structures were often built as tombs for pharaohs and their consorts. Egypt is home to ...