British Museum dig evidences Sudan once had a real power base to rival Ancient Egypt
Archaeologists working at a site in northern Sudan soon to be flooded by a large hydro electric dam have discovered evidence that a Sudanese civilization was once powerful enough to rival Ancient Egypt.
The team from the British Museum found a ruined pyramid containing fine gold jewelry. Well preserved bodies, naturally mummified in the desert air, and a cow buried complete with eye ointment were also unearthed. They also found ancient pottery that had been imported from as far as Turkey, large blocks with rock art and “musical” rocks that were tapped to create a melodic sound.
Historians had written off the area as being of little archaeological interest. This discovery evidences that a First Kushite Kingdom rivalled Egypt for power between 2500BC and 1500BC, when many of Egypt’s largest pyramids were built.
The Second Kushite Kingdom controlled the whole Nile valley from Khartoum to the Mediterranean from 720BC to 660BC.
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