How a shifting Nile landscape shaped the rise of the ancient empire of Kush in Sudan
- Written by Geoff Emberling, Research Scientist in Archaeology, University of Michigan
Jebel Barkal mesa and the archaeological site at its base in the Nile Valley.Sami ElaminWhen I first became co-director of an archaeological project at Jebel Barkal in northern Sudan in 2018, I was amazed by the site’s pyramids, temples and palaces. It had been an urban center in the ancient empire of Kush, which dominated the Nile Valley...




