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Picture of the Day
Quote of the Day
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
- Mohandas Gandhi
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Pictures of the Ancient Civilization
It only happens once every 2737 years.
The Other Pyramids
http://cominganarchy.com/2008/02/21/the-other-pyramids/
The ancient nation of Nubia, located in northern Sudan, is oft ignored in western and world history books. But this region, home to several historical kingdoms, including Meroë, which ruled from 800 BC to 350 AD, was an independent region that managed to survive the conquests of Alexander and the Roman Empire and is home to hundreds of pyramids.
During a brief conquest of Egypt, Nubia was heavily influenced by the culture of the upper Nile, which resulted in a burst of pyramid-building activity. This activity continued for centuries, during which approximately 220 pyramids were constructed to serve as tombs for royalty.
The pyramids of Meroë are notably different from the pyramids of Giza. First, at heights ranging from approximately 6 to 30 metres, even the tallest are less than a third of the size of the Great Pyramid. Also, they are built at a much steeper angle than Egyptian pyramids, and of stepped courses of horizontally positioned stone blocks. Unfortunately, the tops of at least 40 were destroyed by the infamous Italian explorer Giuseppe Ferlini in the 1820s in a search for treasure.
Nubia, The Forgotten Kingdom
Nubia, known as Sudan now, is one of the largest country in the Africa Continent. Sudan is located right on the South of Egypt on the map but is comparatively less known.
However, this was not the case thousands of years ago. Sudan, known as Nubia then, was a powerful nation. They traded with the Egyptians but also waged wars with them. The Nubians excelled in architecture, design and they have 3 times as many Pyramids as Egypt.
http://cominganarchy.com/2008/02/21/the-other-pyramids/
The ancient nation of Nubia, located in northern Sudan, is oft ignored in western and world history books. But this region, home to several historical kingdoms, including Meroë, which ruled from 800 BC to 350 AD, was an independent region that managed to survive the conquests of Alexander and the Roman Empire and is home to hundreds of pyramids.
During a brief conquest of Egypt, Nubia was heavily influenced by the culture of the upper Nile, which resulted in a burst of pyramid-building activity. This activity continued for centuries, during which approximately 220 pyramids were constructed to serve as tombs for royalty.
The pyramids of Meroë are notably different from the pyramids of Giza. First, at heights ranging from approximately 6 to 30 metres, even the tallest are less than a third of the size of the Great Pyramid. Also, they are built at a much steeper angle than Egyptian pyramids, and of stepped courses of horizontally positioned stone blocks. Unfortunately, the tops of at least 40 were destroyed by the infamous Italian explorer Giuseppe Ferlini in the 1820s in a search for treasure.
Nubia, The Forgotten Kingdom
Nubia, known as Sudan now, is one of the largest country in the Africa Continent. Sudan is located right on the South of Egypt on the map but is comparatively less known.
However, this was not the case thousands of years ago. Sudan, known as Nubia then, was a powerful nation. They traded with the Egyptians but also waged wars with them. The Nubians excelled in architecture, design and they have 3 times as many Pyramids as Egypt.
88 Nubian Pyramids.
These pyramids are much less well known and less visited than their more famous Egyptian neighbours but there is much evidence that these may have been the original pyramids.
Sadly some of them were blown up in the 19thC but there remains several clusters of these steeply sided Nubian pyramids in Sudan.
These Pyramids were devastated 200 years ago by Giuseppe Ferlini who blew up the top of 1 and luckily found treasure so he blew up many more and found nothing.
These pyramids are much less well known and less visited than their more famous Egyptian neighbours but there is much evidence that these may have been the original pyramids.
Sadly some of them were blown up in the 19thC but there remains several clusters of these steeply sided Nubian pyramids in Sudan.
These Pyramids were devastated 200 years ago by Giuseppe Ferlini who blew up the top of 1 and luckily found treasure so he blew up many more and found nothing.
The infamous Italian explorer Giuseppe Ferlini
Pyramids of Sudan
The ancient nation of Nubia, located in northern Sudan, is oft ignored in western and world history books. But this region, home to several historical kingdoms, including Meroë, which ruled from 800 BC to 350 AD, was an independent region that managed to survive the conquests of Alexander and the Roman Empire and is home to hundreds of pyramids.
During a brief conquest of Egypt, Nubia was heavily influenced by the culture of the upper Nile, which resulted in a burst of pyramid-building activity. This activity continued for centuries, during which approximately 220 pyramids were constructed to serve as tombs for royalty.
The pyramids of Meroë are notably different from the pyramids of Giza. First, at heights ranging from approximately 6 to 30 metres, even the tallest are less than a third of the size of the Great Pyramid. Also, they are built at a much steeper angle than Egyptian pyramids, and of stepped courses of horizontally positioned stone blocks. Unfortunately, the tops of at least 40 were destroyed by the infamous Italian explorer Giuseppe Ferlini in the 1820s in a search for treasure.
The ancient nation of Nubia, located in northern Sudan, is oft ignored in western and world history books. But this region, home to several historical kingdoms, including Meroë, which ruled from 800 BC to 350 AD, was an independent region that managed to survive the conquests of Alexander and the Roman Empire and is home to hundreds of pyramids.
During a brief conquest of Egypt, Nubia was heavily influenced by the culture of the upper Nile, which resulted in a burst of pyramid-building activity. This activity continued for centuries, during which approximately 220 pyramids were constructed to serve as tombs for royalty.
The pyramids of Meroë are notably different from the pyramids of Giza. First, at heights ranging from approximately 6 to 30 metres, even the tallest are less than a third of the size of the Great Pyramid. Also, they are built at a much steeper angle than Egyptian pyramids, and of stepped courses of horizontally positioned stone blocks. Unfortunately, the tops of at least 40 were destroyed by the infamous Italian explorer Giuseppe Ferlini in the 1820s in a search for treasure.
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