This aerial photo shows a series of pyramids and graves that a team of archaeologists has been exploring at Sedeinga in Sudan. Since 2009 they have discovered at least 35 small pyramids at the site, the largest being 22 feet (7 meters) in width. Although the tops are not attached, the base of the pyramids can be seen. The pyramids date back around 2,000 years.
I love to read about historical artifacts and sites, especially when they give us clues about the old civilisations.
Some ancient pyramids were discovered at a site called Sedeinga in Sudan.
They were about 2,000 years old.
They were built aroung the time when a kingdom named Kush flourished in Sudan.
Kush shared a border with Egypt and, later on, the Roman Empire.
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- Artifacts with ancient Meroitic writing were also found at Sedeinga. This offering table measures roughly 17 by 14 inches (43 by 35 cm) and depicts the jackal-headed god Anubis and a goddess believed to be Isis. The name of the deceased is “Aba-la,” a word that may be a nickname for “grandmother.” The inscription asks, among other things, that she be “served a good meal.”
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- A copper alloy bowl was found in the tomb holding this skeleton.
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- One tomb held over 1,500 colorful beads as well as Nile spiral shells. They appear to be the remains of one or more necklaces. Researchers were able to re-assemble them showing what they may have looked like if they formed a single necklace.
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- People were buried beside the pyramids in tomb chambers that often held more than one individual. This image shows a child who was buried with necklaces.
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- Archaeologist Vincent Francigny shown with a stela discovered at the site. The name of the deceased is lost, but the text has an invocation to Isis and Osiris.
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- Among the discoveries are pyramids with a circle built inside them, cross-braces connecting the circle to the corners of the pyramid. Outside of Sedeinga only one pyramid is known to have been built in this way.
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