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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own, ...

Did you know that the greatest number of ancient pyramids lie within the borders of Sudan and not Egypt? Although often overshadowed by ancient Egypt, the powerful Kingdom of Kush and its medieval ...

An artifact discovered in a Nubian tomb over a century ago may challenge mainstream views on the age of the Egyptian pyramids. This decorated ostrich egg, dated to at least 7000 years ago, appears to ...