Sudan Pyramids facts
While investigating facts about Sudan Pyramids, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Sudan has the most Pyramids in any country with over 350 found so far.
Sudan had approximately 255 pyramids, twice the amount in ancient Egypt.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 10 of the best facts about Sudan Pyramids I managed to collect.
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Sudan has three times more pyramids than Egypt. (Thanks Akala)
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Despite ancient pyramids being associated with Egypt in most cases, more pyramids have been discovered in Sudan.
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Italian doctor destroyed over 40 pyramids in a quest for treasure in the 1820s in Egypt and Sudan
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There are pyramids in Sudan built in the Kingdom of Kush.
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There are more pyramids in one area of northern Sudan than in the whole of Egypt.
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There are about 200 pyramids in Sudan, and they are seldom visited
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Nubian kings built pyramids in what is now Sudan.
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The Meroe pyramids of Sudan where "there are more pyramids in one small section of the northern Sudanese desert than there are in the whole of Egypt." These pyramids were immaculate until the 1880s when a jerk named Giussepe Ferlini blasted the tops off of them in search of treasure.
