Pyramids in Sudan
|Copyright: Moncef Moncef (Monceflibra)
|Date Taken: 2006-06-02|
|Exposure: f/9.0, 1/320 seconds|
|More Photo Info: [view]|
|Photo Version: Original Version|
|Date Submitted: 2008-02-11 12:44|
|[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note|
|On the way from Khartoum to Port Sudan, about 200 km north-east of Khartoum, near Bagrawiya, lies ancient Meroe, the home of a few dozens pyramids spread over a small hill about one quarter square kilometer in size. The pyramids, much smaller than their well-known counterparts in Egypt, are the remains of a royal cemetery from the Meroitic kingdom (between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.). |
The region of the Nile Valley which lies in the northern part of the present Sudan, has been influenced by the Egyptian civilization since the time of the Ancient Egyptian Kingdom. This influence grew stronger during the occupation by Egypt in the period of the Middle Kingdom and reached its summit after the Egyptians conquered the whole region up to the 4th Nile Cataract. The Egyptian colonization lasted for almost five centuries and came to an end when in the twelfth century B.C. the Egyptian Empire fell into pieces.
Four hundred years later it were the kings of Napata in northern Sudan who ruled the Nile Valley from the Blue Nile down to the Delta. They revived the burial customs of the pyramid many centuries after the Pharaos had stopped building them and employed Egyptian artists in their architectural works. While the Napatan kingdom had to give up Egypt in 661 B.C. and subsequently the Egyptian influence started to decline, the burial traditions still survived and, after the the transfer of the kingship to the Meroitic line in the third century B.C., were taken over by the kings of Meroe.
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Impressive and interesting posting. Africa is without doubt a fascinating continent.
I like this photo and your note is very good too. TFS.
Interesting place mate!!
Super compo and colors!
- [2008-02-12 8:01]
Another nice and informative Note to share about your nice pyramid photo. It is really great to know of other landmarks and features in this part of the world and particularly the history behind it.
Good composition in this pov. Must be nice to visit this place.
How do you travel to a site like this?
excellent photo, great POV, wonderful colours and light, amazing place, excellent shot
Excellent sharpness, amazing detail and good exposure and balance between shadow and sunlight in this shot.
Very well done
- [2008-07-31 7:47]
Simple combination of 2 colour effectively used. Nice composition to inlcude the rocks in the f/g. Gives a good impression of the ruins being scatterd acroos the rocks.