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The nation with the most pyramids is not Egypt but its neighbor to the south, Sudan, with over 250. However, these were not built by the ancient Egyptians, but by the Kingdom of Kush, from 800 BC to the 4th century AD went on a pyramid building boom. And the crown jewel of these sites is the Pyramids of Meroë - a cemetery with 147 pyramids and the final resting place to dozens of Kushite kings. This is the story of the Pyramids of Meroë.
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https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/meroe/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramids_of_Meroë
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1336/
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