Drone cameras are now so commonplace that we often see them used in extreme sports videos and YouTube pranks, but they have many scientific uses as well. National Geographic engineer Alan Turchik flew ...

While the Egyptian pyramids are the most famous, they are not the only ones; in fact, one country has even more.

Not nearly as known as the Egyptian pyramids! These are the Nubian pyramids located in Sudan which were built by the rulers of the ancient Kushite kingdoms over 5000 years ago! Deep in the Saharan ...

Another great thing you can do with drones—take stunning footage of ancient royal burial chambers. This National Geographic video offers an entirely new perspective on the Nubian pyramids that have ...

The story starts about 5,000 years ago in the "Land of the Bow," when a jet-black people formed one of the first nation states in the world along the Nile, where women and men had equal rights and the ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Egypt isn't the only African country with ancient pyramids rising ...

Does Sudan have more pyramids than Egypt? In this series, we explore the splendours of the ancient Kingdom of Kush and the legacy it left behind in the land of the Black Pharaohs Following the Nile as ...

You may be surprised if you hear about someone using their vacation days on a trip to Sudan, and though the African country has been plagued by military conflict and violence, there's a lot of beauty ...

The first of these leaders is Kandake Amanitore of Nubia (Kandake is Nubian for “Queen.”) Nubia encompassed parts of modern-day Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, and existed for thousands of years, up until ...