Archaeology

Kushite pyramids near the base of Jebel Barkal and the modern day town of Karima. These pyramids date to the Meroitic Period (c. 270 BC - 350 AD) when some royal figures requested to be buried below the sacred mountain in place of the royal necropolis at Meroë. Jebel Barkal holds a significant place in Nubian and Egyptian religion as the birthplace of the god Amun. The area was also home to Napata, the first formal capital of the Kingdom of Kush between 900 to 270 BC.