Editing Nubian pyramids (section)

{{Short description|Pyramids built by ancient Kushite kingdoms in present-day northern Sudan}}
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| caption        = Aerial view of the [[pyramids of Meroë]]
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[[File:Pyramid of Taharqa at Nuri.jpg|alt=|thumb|Pyramid of Taharqa at Nuri , 51.75m in side length and possibly as much as 50m high, was the largest built in Sudan.[https://www.academia.edu/37204924/Taharqa_Routed_by_Assarhaddon_Memphis_Sacked_Kush_Ethiopia_Driven_from_Lower_Egypt_Part_VIII_2010_]]]
The '''Nubian pyramids''' were constructed by the rulers of the ancient [[Kushite]] kingdoms in the region of the [[Nile|Nile Valley]] known as [[Nubia]], located in present-day northern [[Sudan]]. This area was the site of three ancient [[Kingdom of Kush|Kushite kingdoms]]. The capital of the first was at [[Kingdom of Kerma|Kerma]] (2500–1500 BC), the second was centered on [[Napata]] (1000–300 BC) and the third was centered on [[Meroë]] (300 BC – 300 AD).

In Nubian culture, the pyramids were integral to burial customs for royalty and other wealthy figures of the Kushite kingdom, with this practice starting as early as the 7th century BC. These customs endured for almost a thousand years from 700 BC to 350 AD.<ref name="quarries">{{Cite journal |last=Kendall |first=Timothy |date=2023-01-01 |title=Sudan's Holy Mountain. Jebel Barkal and Its Temples |url=https://www.academia.edu/107994334/Sudans_Holy_Mountain_Jebel_Barkal_and_Its_Temples |journal=Sudan's Holy Mountain: Jebel Barkal and Its Temples. A Visitor's Guide.}}</ref> The Nubian pyramids display adaptations of [[Architecture of Egypt|Egyptian architecture]] that were prevalent during the [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]].'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kolb |first=Michael J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=26y8DwAAQBAJ&q=%22These+family+or%22+%22pyramids+were+common+during+the+New+Kingdom%22&pg=SA2-PA21 |title=Making Sense of Monuments: Narratives of Time, Movement, and Scale |date=2019-11-06 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-76492-9 |language=en}}</ref>''' Notably these are a [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/meroe-pyramids-sudan-photography |title=Wonder at the Meroe Pyramids, Forgotten Relics of the Ancient World |date=2017-05-03 |work=Atlas Obscura|access-date=2017-07-31 |language=en}}</ref>