Long
after the end of Egypt's own pyramid-building
period, a burst of pyramid-building occurred
in what is present-day Sudan, after much
of Egypt came under the rule of the Kings
of Napata. Whilst Napatan rule was brief
and ceased in 661 BC, the Egyptian influence
had made an indelible impression, and
during the later Sudanese Kingdom of Meroe
(approximately in the period between 300
BC–AD 300) this flowered into a
full-blown pyramid-building revival, which
saw more than two hundred uniquely indigenous,
but strongly Egyptian-inspired royal pyramid
tombs constructed in the vicinity of the
Meroitic capital city. The techniques
used to construct Egypt's pyramids may
have initially been developed by trial
and error, and then further evolved based
on local economics, resources, and other
considerations, over the thousand year
pyramid-building phase of Egyptian civilisation.
Long
after the end of Egypt's own pyramid-building
period, a burst of pyramid-building occurred
in what is present-day Sudan, after much
of Egypt came under the rule of the Kings
of Napata. Whilst Napatan rule was brief
and ceased in 661 BC, the Egyptian influence
had made an indelible impression, and
during the later Sudanese Kingdom of Meroe
(approximately in the period between 300
BC–AD 300) this flowered into a
full-blown pyramid-building revival, which
saw more than two hundred uniquely indigenous,
but strongly Egyptian-inspired royal pyramid
tombs constructed in the vicinity of the
Meroitic capital city. The techniques
used to construct Egypt's pyramids may
have initially been developed by trial
and error, and then further evolved based
on local economics, resources, and other
considerations, over the thousand year
pyramid-building phase of Egyptian civilisation.
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