The pyramids from the Kingdom of Kush ... for an African history series on BBC World News. The Great Pyramid of Giza in Cairo is rightly considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

The sole caretaker of the pyramids at Meroë, a former capital of the ancient Kingdom of Kush, is the only person standing ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and ... at the crossroads of inland African trade routes and caravan trails ...

Africa Live ... which was the heartland of the ancient Kingdom of Kush, is normally 500m (550 yards) from the Nile, he added. The area, 200km (125 miles) north-east of the capital, Khartoum ...