The Forgotten Pyramids of Meroë
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One of the many pyramids of Meroë, photographed in al-Bagrawiya, 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of Khartoum, Sudan, in September of 2012. Original image found here. #
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A view of stone rams at Amun Temple in Naga, near the Meroë pyramids, south of the ancient city of Meroë, Sudan, on March 10, 2012. #
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A view of Hathor Chapel, as a tourist looks at the Lion Temple, in Naga and al-Musawwarat, south of the ancient city of Meroë, in the River Nile state of Sudan on March 10, 2012. #
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Hieroglyphics are pictured inside a room at the historic Meroë pyramids, a sign of the influence of ancient Egyptian civilization on the Sudanese Meroite kingdom, on April 16, 2015. #
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A view of the landscape surrounding the pyramids of Meroë, photographed in February of 2010. Original image here. #
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