Meroë

River Nile State · Sudan

Meroë, Sudan
Photo: Photographer: B N Chagny, CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to February
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The pyramids of the Kingdom of Kush cluster in the desert along the Nile, steeper and narrower than their Egyptian counterparts. This former royal capital served as the heart of the Meroitic civilization.

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