The Pyramids of Meroe were built by the Nubians between 300 BC and 300 AD and were used to bury almost 40 kings and queens of Kush from the Meroitic kingdom.

The pyramids, built with horizontally-placed stones and around 6 to 30 m in height, were built over chambers containing the bodies of the royal persons. Some of the bodies were found with large amounts of precious jewellery on them. The walls of the pyramids have inscriptions in the Meroitic language, the names of kings and queens and some chapters from the ‘Book of the Dead’. Remnants of earthen vessels, bows and arrows, pottery and coloured glass have also been found in some pyramids.