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Sunset and the Saharan Desert with power lines running through the area. The old and the new.

First light in the morning seeing the The Royal Necropolis of Meroe from a distance from our overnight camp. It is located 4 miles from the Nile on some hills covered by yellow sand dunes.

Monroe tented Camp overlooks the beautiful pyramids of Meroe.. This building is the restaurant run by an Italian manager.

Camel riders just behind where we were sleeping.

Accommodations are twin bedded tents each having a private bathroom and shower in a separate building behind the tents. The fronts face the Royal Necropolis and offers great views of the 40 pyramids in the distance. You have electricity until 11 p.m. by generator.

Inside the tent. The night time sky was incredible. No light pollution. You could see incredible galaxies and even several falling stars. It was awesome.

Young boys waiting to hopefully make a sale

Vehicles in the foreground waiting to take us over to visit The Royal Necropolis of Meroe

Nubian pyramids are pyramids that were built by the rulers of the ancient Kushite kingdoms. The area of the Nile valley known as Nubia, which lies within present day Sudan, was home to three Kushite kingdoms during antiquity. The first had its capital at Kerma (2600–1520 BC). The second was centered on Napata (1000–300 BC). Finally, the last kingdom was centered on Meroë (300 BC–AD 300).

On our drive to Royal Necropolis of Meroe we stopped at caves for a visit before walking into the Necropolis.

As you can see they were loaded with bats flying as we approached.

We attracted a group of camel riders hoping to give us a ride on the camels for a price.

Pyramids of the Kushite rulers at Meroë. Near the site are a group of villages called Bagrawiyah. This city was the capital of the Kingdom of Kush for several centuries. The Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë gave its name to the Island of Meroë

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