Pyramid Explorer

Pyramids of El-Kurru

Northern State, between the Third and Fourth Cataracts, Sudan

Royal necropolis with pyramids. Height: 35 m. Date: Main use c. 860–650 BCE; pyramid Ku.1 c. 325 BCE.

Kushite royal necropolis. The height of about 35 m is the original height of Ku.1, the largest pyramid at the site, built around 325 BCE and never used for a royal burial.

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