Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt
Part I. The Nile River that flows through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea is one of the world's longest rivers, with a length of 4,132 miles. The "Blue Nile" joins the "White Nile" at Khartoum, in the Sudan, draining the Ethiopian highlands. The "White Nile" drains Lake Albert, Lake Edward, and Lake Victoria, in the eastern equatorial sector of Africa.
From Meroë to the Senilac Peroglyphs
About 760 BC, the Nubians of the Kush Empire invaded and conquered Egypt beginning the period of the Black Pharaohs. They made Meroë (pronounced mayor-way) their capitol. They built Jebel Barkel (or Napata) as a sign that Egypt belongs to Nubia. And for their Kings and Queens, who ruled equally, they built these distinctly Nubian pyramids. Their kingdom would last longer than the Egyptians and would end with their defeat by another African empire, the Kingdom of Axum in 656 BC.