Historians have long assumed that ancient Egyptian pyramids were constructed primarily for royals and high-status individuals ...

At the site of Tombos, archaeologists have found that less-affluent laborers may be buried with upper-class people in pyramid ...

The pyramids of ancient Egypt and Sudan may not have been just for the rich, according to burials found at the archaeological site of Tombos in Sudan."Our findings suggest that pyramid tombs, once ...

Investigating a burial site at the ancient village of Tombos, archaeologists have re-written their own rule book when it ...

Sudan boasts even more pyramids than Egypt, but its treasured archaeological heritage is increasingly under threat from its brutal civil war. "The militias are not far," said Khalid, referring to ...

But few people know there is a country that is home to more pyramids than any other nation in the world, including Egypt. Sudan has around 255 pyramids - more than twice as many as its neighbour ...

Truncated and with steep sides, the pyramids left by the long line of Nubian kings populate the desert near the site of Meroë. Rising high in the sky in the modern-day nation of Sudan is a ...