Spanning more than 7,500,000 square feet (ca. 65 hectares), the royal cemetery and necropolis at Nuri has served as the resting place for at least 60 pharaohs/Kushite kings and queens, among hundreds of other individuals.
Nuri is believed to have been established as a royal necropolis by the 25th Dynasty pharaoh Taharqa (mentioned in the Bible as protector of Jerusalem, per 2 Kings 19:9), whose pyramid at Nuri is the largest in ancient Nubia/modern Sudan. The Kushite kings descended from Taharqa used the necropolis for centuries, as have several other societies spanning 3,000 years, perhaps longer.
Our goal is to develop a better understanding of the site, the people who lived there, and the cultures that made it the awe inspiring place it is today.
