The team noted that some remains belong to people who had done very little physical activity during their lifetimes while ...

The 25th Dynasty originated in Nubia, in what is today Sudan, and ruled over ancient Egypt between 744 and 656 BC.

For years, Egyptologists have assumed pyramid tombs were just for the rich – but the burials at a site called Tombos don’t ...

Surprisingly, Sudan holds that title, with more pyramids than its northern neighbor! Tucked away in the vast deserts of Sudan ...

Before looking closely at pharaonic society and the beginning of the Pyramid Age ... Ancient Egyptians called their land "Kemet," which meant "black," after the black fertile silt-layered soil ...

The pyramids are mostly located in Meroë and are much smaller than those in Egypt but are just as historically significant. They served as tombs for the rulers of Kush, known as the Black ...

Egypt has over 100 pyramids, but one is famed for its uniqueness. Egypt’s “bent” pyramid built for the Pharaoh Sneferu is a remarkable structure as well as being an archaeological wonder.

When you think of pyramids, your mind probably ... even conquering Egypt to establish the 25th dynasty, led by the Black Pharaohs. Among them was Piye, the ambitious ruler who, in 770 BCE, took ...

CAIRO -- Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside of Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 ...

A new discovery in Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza suggests the structure was not just a pharaoh's final resting place, but also a giant power plant. Scientists blasted the 4,600-year-old structure ...

At the same time, the imaginary line that roughly joins the southeast corners of the three pyramids points toward the temple of Re in Heliopolis. circa 2550 B.C. Khufu, second king of Egypt’s ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city ... century B.C. tomb is related to the style of Egypt’s 25th dynasty, the Black Pharaohs, four centuries earlier.