Summary The 2,300-year-old royal tomb of a Nubian pharaoh appears nearly untouched--and submerged in rising groundwater. Nastasen's watery tomb is located at the ancient site of Nuri, which sprawls across more than 170 acres of sand near the east bank of the Nile River in northern Sudan. Seen from the sky, its most commanding feature is an arc of some 20 pyramids built between 650 B.C. and 300 B.C. These pyramids mark the burials of Kushite royals, the "black pharaohs" who operated as vassals on the gold-rich southern edges of the Egyptian empire, but who emerged as a force of their own during the political chaos that followed the demise of the New Kingdom. View more details
Directed : Pearce Paul Creasman
Written : Unknown
Stars : Pearce Paul Creasman Kristin Romey Fakhri Hassan Abdallah Justin Schneider
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Jul 2, 2019
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Sudan, Nuri Pryamids, Egypt
Production companies : National Geographic
Summary The 2,300-year-old royal tomb of a Nubian pharaoh appears nearly untouched--and submerged in rising groundwater. Nastasen's watery tomb is located at the ancient site of Nuri, which sprawls across more than 170 acres of sand near the east bank of the Nile River in northern Sudan. Seen from the sky, its most commanding feature is an arc of some 20 pyramids built between 650 B.C. and 300 B.C. These pyramids mark the burials of Kushite royals, the "black pharaohs" who operated as vassals on the gold-rich southern edges of the Egyptian empire, but who emerged as a force of their own during the political chaos that followed the demise of the New Kingdom. View more details
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Jul 2, 2019
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Sudan, Nuri Pryamids, Egypt
Production companies : National Geographic
