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The Nsude pyramid shrines are an archaeological site located in Nsude, a village in Southeastern Nigeria in modern-day Enugu. A Nsude pyramid taken by G.I Jones 1935. These pyramid-shaped shrines were constructed by the Igbo people. In the 1930s [1] an anthropologist and colonial administrator in the area, G.I. Jones, photographed them. [2]
The Pyramids of Meroë are a large number of Nubian pyramids, encompassing three cemeteries near the ancient city of Meroë.The Meroë pyramids date to the later stage of the Kingdom of Kush (3rd century BCE–4th century CE) and were burial places for Kushite monarchs, other members of the royal family, and important officials and dignitaries.
Ifriqiya (roughly present-day Tunisia) was an important province of Islamic North Africa, with Kairouan serving as a major cultural and political center for much of its history. Under the Aghlabids (9th century), the Great Mosque of Kairouan was rebuilt and Abbasid architectural innovations, such as the minaret, were introduced for the first ...
Pyramid of Taharqa at Nuri , 51.75m in side length and possibly as much as 50m high, was the largest built in Sudan. The Nubian pyramids were constructed by the rulers of the ancient Kushite kingdoms in the region of the Nile Valley known as Nubia, located in present-day northern Sudan. This area was the site of three ancient Kushite kingdoms.
The terms African civilizations, also classical African civilizations, or African empires are terms that generally refer to the various pre-colonial African kingdoms.The civilizations usually include Egypt, Carthage, Axum, [1] Numidia, and Nubia, [1] but may also be extended to the prehistoric Land of Punt and others: Kingdom of Dagbon, the Empire of Ashanti, Kingdom of Kongo, Empire of Mali ...
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The Sedeinga pyramid site is located in northern Sudan on the west bank of the Nile River.It lies roughly 60 miles (100 km) north of the Nile's third cataract, [3] and 450 miles (720 km) northwest of Meroë, the Meroitic period capital of the Kingdom of Kush, where similar pyramids have been found.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 January 2025. Structure shaped as a geometric pyramid This article is about pyramid-shaped structures. For the geometric shape, see Pyramid (geometry). For other uses, see Pyramid (disambiguation). Pyramid of Khafre, Egypt, built c. 2600 BC A pyramid (from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís ...