The 25th Dynasty originated in Nubia, in what is today Sudan, and ruled over ancient Egypt between 744 and 656 BC.

Piye became the first pharaoh of Egypt’s 25th dynasty (ca 770-656 B.C.), the so-called Black Pharaohs. The tomb of Queen Khennuwa in Meroë. The art adorning this fourth-century B.C. tomb is ...

Surprisingly, Sudan holds that title, with more pyramids than its northern neighbor! Tucked away in the vast deserts of Sudan ...

The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II is the first royal crypt discovered in recent years, and scientists have new powerful tools ...

The Kushites ruled during a golden age of cultural exchange, even conquering Egypt to establish the 25th dynasty, led by the Black Pharaohs. Among them was Piye, the ambitious ruler who ...

Browder is the director of the ASA Restoration Project, which is the first African American-funded archeological excavation in Egypt. The ASA is currently excavating three 25th-dynasty Kushite tombs.

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in 1922.