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World Service,08 Feb 2002,29 mins

The Pyramids of Sudan

African Perspective

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Four thousand years ago over 200 pyramids were constructed at three sites in Nubia over a period of a few hundred years to serve as tombs for the kings and queens of Napata and Meroe. Presented by David Stead.

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