Surprisingly, Sudan holds that title, with more pyramids than its northern neighbor! Tucked away in the vast deserts of Sudan ...

An empty tomb, yet a groundbreaking find – archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the tomb of Thutmose II, a ruler overshadowed by his powerful wife, Hatshepsut.

Thutmose II ruled sometime between 2000 and 1001 BCE, with his reign famous for a savage order to kill the male children of the revolting Kush people. The Egyptian ruler’s mummy was found in ...

Sudan has around 255 pyramids - more than twice as many as its neighbour - built by the ancient Kingdom of Kush, which once ruled over parts of both Sudan and Egypt. The pyramids are mostly ...

According to preserved inscriptions, he ordered the brutal suppression of a rebellion against Egyptian rule in the land of Kush (in present-day north Sudan). As a result, a significant number of ...

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Hatshepsut was a strong woman and her influence over Egypt secured Thutmose II’s leadership once he ... Thutmose II but that during his reign he managed to crush a rebellion in Kush by sending an army ...