The uncovered tombs are from Napata and Meroe, ancient African kingdoms also known as the kingdom of Kush, which thrived from the seventh century B.C. to the fourth century, Live Science reported.

Thousands of years ago, Jebel Barkal and Napata, the town that grew up around it, served as the spiritual center of ancient Nubia, one of Africa's earliest civilizations. The mountain was also ...

Old capital of Napata The Kushite Kingdom is in fact two kingdoms: one that had its birth pangs around 2500 BC and underwent a serious downfall in the mid-second millennium BC when its political ...

Osama Abdel Meguid, Director of the Nubian Museum in Aswan. The Kushites were first based in Kerma, and then at Napata - both towns in what is now northern Sudan. Kerma was an advanced society and ...

Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin Vol. 15, No. 89, Jun., 1917 Excavations at Napata, the Capital of Et... Excavations at Napata, the Capital of Ethiopia This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer ...