Skip to content
Civilizations & Empires

The pyramids of Meroë

c. 3rd century BCE – 4th century CE

Meroë, Sudan

Meroë, capital of Kush, holds steep-sided royal pyramids built from about the 3rd century BCE; with Naqa and Musawwarat es-Sufra it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.

This entry is a stub. Its content has not been verified yet.

Steep-sided royal pyramids of the northern cemetery at Meroe, Sudan
Credit: Marjon Verburg, via Livius.org. License: CC0.

Content pending: verified research needed.

Related entries

Sources

  1. UNESCO World Heritage Centre, "Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe" (Primary source)
  2. Zamani Project, "Meroë Pyramids" (Scholarly)
  3. Emma Thomson, National Geographic, Sudan's Kushite pyramids (Reference)

Suggest a correction: opens once the database is connected.