It Would Have Been Impossible To Explore This 2,300-Year-Old Tomb Of A Black Pharaoh Without Divers

Published on 04/28/2021
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It Deserves To Be Told

There is no doubt that Creasman is also interested to see what lies underneath the site. “I think we finally have the technology to be able to tell the story of Nuri – to fill in the blanks of what happened here,” the archaeologist told National Geographic. “It’s a remarkable point in history that so few know about. It’s a story that deserves to be told.”

It Deserves To Be Told

It Deserves To Be Told

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This Has Always Been An Important Site

The pyramids have always been important to the people in the area. They represented the final resting places of the kings and queens of the Kingdom of Kush. The “black pharaohs” used to be underlings of the Egyptian emperors. When the New Kingdom fell apart, their influence in the region started to grow bigger. As a matter of fact, the Kushites took control of all of Egypt by 760 B.C.

This Has Always Been An Important Site

This Has Always Been An Important Site

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