Here, one can find the largest concentration of ancient Pyramids ever built.
The Nubian kings, however, were clearly fascinated by these mammoth structures and attempted to imitate them.
Meroe served as the capital during the final phases of the empire.
They are distributed in a small region in the Sudanese desert.
Nearly all of the pyramids have been plundered ages ago.
But the country, devastated by civil war, now receives fewer 15,000 tourists per year.
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Reliefs inside the walls of the burial chambers.
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