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A family visits the Meroe pyramids at the Meroe archaeological site in Bejrawiya, Sudan. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Pyramids at Meroe rise from the desert about 200km (125 miles) north of Khartoum in Sudan’s River Nile state. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Archaeologists say salt crystallisation and halted maintenance threaten to erase centuries-old artwork at Meroe, like this carved relief inside a funerary temple. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
A guide, left, speaks with a visitor at the Meroe archaeological site. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
The Meroe necropolis contains more than 200 pyramids, built as tombs for the rulers of the ancient Kingdom of Kush. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Meroe’s pyramids were constructed from about 800 BC to 350 AD, centuries after the great pyramids of Egypt. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Unlike the broad-based Egyptian pyramids, the pyramids of Meroe are smaller, steeper and more numerous. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
The archaeological sites known as the Island of Meroe in semi-desert area near the Nile were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Meroe was once a royal capital of the Kushite Empire, which controlled trade routes along the Nile and deep into Africa. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Many of the pyramids at Meroe were damaged or looted in the 19th century by treasure hunters searching for gold and jewellery. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
Today, the pyramids of Meroe stand amid shifting desert sands, offering one of the most striking archaeological landscapes in Sudan. [Mohnd Blal/AP Photo]
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