Sudan News » River Nile News Sudan » River Nile » History: Orbital View Of Nile River Running Through Sudan
The Nile is the longest river in the world, coursing about 6,650 kilometers (4,132 miles) across northeastern Africa to meet the Mediterranean Sea at the broad, green delta in Egypt. The Nile’s ...
News Sudan » River Nile » History: The Nile’s hidden shift over 4,000 years may have saved an entire ancient African city and preserved Napata for thousands of years
For a city that stood at the heart of an ancient African empire, Napata has long carried an unusual silence around it. Ruins remain scattered beneath the shadow of sandstone cliffs in modern-day Sudan ...
News Sudan » River Nile » History: Location, location, location: How the Nile helped an ancient Sudanese city thrive for centuries
Panoramic view of Jebel Barkal (ancient Napata), a UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Sudan, with its sandstone outcrop and royal pyramids. ANN ARBOR—The ancient city of Napata, located in what is ...
News Sudan » River Nile » History: How a shifting Nile landscape shaped the rise of the ancient empire of Kush in Sudan
When I first became co-director of an archaeological project at Jebel Barkal in northern Sudan in 2018, I was amazed by the site’s pyramids, temples and palaces. It had been an urban center in the ...
News Sudan » River Nile » History: Stable Nile flow sustained ancient Sudanese city
A new study led by University of Michigan researchers reveals that the ancient Sudanese city of Napata thrived due to a stable stretch of the Nile River. Geological evidence shows that sediment ...
News Sudan » River Nile » History: How the Nile Shaped the Rise of the Ancient Kush Civilization
A new study reveals how Nile flooding sustained the Kush civilization for over a millennium by building fertile agricultural land.