![The third Royal Cemetery near Karima, Nuri, on the West Bank of the Nile Nile 8 km](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944951.xVYHD283.SudanDec093348.jpg) The third Royal Cemetery near Karima, Nuri, on the West Bank of the Nile Nile 8 km |
![Approaching the Pyramids of Nuri across the desert from the west](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944952.C2xkNeAh.SudanDec093350.jpg) Approaching the Pyramids of Nuri across the desert from the west |
![Ruins of the ancient pyramids at Nuri rising out of a sandy desert](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944953.BcjhnIvj.SudanDec093351.jpg) Ruins of the ancient pyramids at Nuri rising out of a sandy desert |
![The Pyramids of Nuri are older than those at Jebel Barkal and Karima](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944954.aHK0Y6HJ.SudanDec093353.jpg) The Pyramids of Nuri are older than those at Jebel Barkal and Karima |
![Nuri was an active Royal Cemetery from the 7th C. BC to 4th C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944955.XoKewF4F.SudanDec093354.jpg) Nuri was an active Royal Cemetery from the 7th C. BC to 4th C. BC |
![The first burial at Nuri was the XXV (Nubian) Dynasty pharaoh Taharqa, who died in 664BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944956.aSWemtzR.SudanDec093356.jpg) The first burial at Nuri was the XXV (Nubian) Dynasty pharaoh Taharqa, who died in 664BC |
![The last burial at Nuri was the Kushite king Nastasen, ca 310 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944957.UjhW1OD4.SudanDec093359.jpg) The last burial at Nuri was the Kushite king Nastasen, ca 310 BC |
![The pyramids of Nuri exist in varying states of decay](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944958.4IqEPDPy.SudanDec093361.jpg) The pyramids of Nuri exist in varying states of decay |
![Like just about everywhere we visited in Sudan, here at Nuri we were on our own](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944959.0DLRN4KY.SudanDec093363.jpg) Like just about everywhere we visited in Sudan, here at Nuri we were on our own |
![The pyramids of Nuri are mostly aligned in a row SW to NE](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944960.GJqr5SM3.SudanDec093364.jpg) The pyramids of Nuri are mostly aligned in a row SW to NE |
![Nuri contains 20 royal tombs as well as the tombs of 53 queens](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944961.lsjydRYX.SudanDec093365.jpg) Nuri contains 20 royal tombs as well as the tombs of 53 queens |
![The Pyramids of Nuri are larger than those at Jebel Barkal, but much smaller than those in Egypt](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944962.Cgao7w34.SudanDec093367.jpg) The Pyramids of Nuri are larger than those at Jebel Barkal, but much smaller than those in Egypt |
![Nuri's version of the Bent Pyramid](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944963.5QFC3NFz.SudanDec093368.jpg) Nuri's version of the Bent Pyramid |
![The main line at Nuri has ten pyramids](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944964.HdDzlT6z.SudanDec093369.jpg) The main line at Nuri has ten pyramids |
![Royal Cemetery - the Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944965.VfUni7UB.SudanDec093370.jpg) Royal Cemetery - the Pyramids of Nuri |
![Well-preserved pyramid, Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944966.ZL4xy9dU.SudanDec093371.jpg) Well-preserved pyramid, Nuri |
![Some of the pyramids were partially disassembled for building material](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944967.hDciycLF.SudanDec093372.jpg) Some of the pyramids were partially disassembled for building material |
![The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944968.A6L3e4iX.SudanDec093373.jpg) The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri |
![The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944969.uxwqZW3A.SudanDec093374.jpg) The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri |
![Map of the Pyramids of Nuri at http://ancientegypt3.blogspot.com/2009/06/pyramids-of-nuri.html](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944970.tmnWm0zm.SudanDec093375.jpg) Map of the Pyramids of Nuri at http://ancientegypt3.blogspot.com/2009/06/pyramids-of-nuri.html |
![There's a nice list of wikipedia listing who is buried at Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944971.peJAhO22.SudanDec093376.jpg) There's a nice list of wikipedia listing who is buried at Nuri |
![...but there's no map key to link the tomb numbering system to the pyramids...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944972.YAUMjUrY.SudanDec093377.jpg) ...but there's no map key to link the tomb numbering system to the pyramids... |
![The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944974.72aYD7YF.SudanDec093378.jpg) The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri |
![The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944975.t1f97Wvh.SudanDec093379.jpg) The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri |
![The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944976.CoHi9yAs.SudanDec093380.jpg) The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri |
![The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944977.LpH1cTK5.SudanDec093381.jpg) The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri |
![A pyramid at Nuri that has deteriorated into a mound](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944978.JV9KWcqX.SudanDec093382.jpg) A pyramid at Nuri that has deteriorated into a mound |
![The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944979.YU4gBWMa.SudanDec093383.jpg) The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri |
![The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944980.tXdsOsYQ.SudanDec093384.jpg) The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri |
![The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944981.RG2k8VTg.SudanDec093385.jpg) The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri |
![The smallest pyramids at Nuri belonged to the queens](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944982.29n4uGaO.SudanDec093386.jpg) The smallest pyramids at Nuri belonged to the queens |
![Pyramid in the desert, Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944983.dB4UVxQV.SudanDec093387.jpg) Pyramid in the desert, Nuri |
![It's nice that the site is not overrun and the sand, for the most part, untrodden](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944984.z2CJvm5V.SudanDec093388.jpg) It's nice that the site is not overrun and the sand, for the most part, untrodden |
![Nubian pyramid, Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944985.nr5JpXGT.SudanDec093389.jpg) Nubian pyramid, Nuri |
![The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944986.IQGAvgDG.SudanDec093390.jpg) The Royal Necropolis - Pyramids of Nuri |
![Nubian pyramids, Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944987.8otXJHwZ.SudanDec093391.jpg) Nubian pyramids, Nuri |
![Nubian pyramids, Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944988.EIfwqT6x.SudanDec093393.jpg) Nubian pyramids, Nuri |
![Detail of a crumbling pyramid, Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944989.LZkXZ7z3.SudanDec093396.jpg) Detail of a crumbling pyramid, Nuri |
![Sun over the Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944990.UlAVCTSI.SudanDec093397.jpg) Sun over the Pyramids of Nuri |
![A pyramid at Nuri that is now little more than a mound](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944991.JyWhTmHY.SudanDec093399.jpg) A pyramid at Nuri that is now little more than a mound |
![The Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944992.kzYrkD6w.SudanDec093401.jpg) The Pyramids of Nuri |
![The Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944993.h2X3MYdW.SudanDec093402.jpg) The Pyramids of Nuri |
![The Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944994.Qom6KUrl.SudanDec093403.jpg) The Pyramids of Nuri |
![The Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944995.dCCj2rDJ.SudanDec093404.jpg) The Pyramids of Nuri |
![The Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944996.7C6wAuOb.SudanDec093405.jpg) The Pyramids of Nuri |
![Sudanese tourists at Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944997.kreRdhUt.SudanDec093406.jpg) Sudanese tourists at Nuri |
![Sudanese man walking among the Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944998.YUpH2Xwu.SudanDec093407.jpg) Sudanese man walking among the Pyramids of Nuri |
![A group of Sudanese tourists at Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120944999.kCqDEz20.SudanDec093408.jpg) A group of Sudanese tourists at Nuri |
![Sudanese tourists at the Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120945000.k56Kp9Wp.SudanDec093410.jpg) Sudanese tourists at the Pyramids of Nuri |
![Footsteps in the sand at the Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120945001.kXfSmRba.SudanDec093411.jpg) Footsteps in the sand at the Pyramids of Nuri |
![Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120945002.5UNLX37V.SudanDec093412.jpg) Pyramids of Nuri |
![Me at Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120945003.cuVj59Pn.SudanDec093415.jpg) Me at Nuri |
![Me with the Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120945004.4CwlyWBk.SudanDec093416.jpg) Me with the Pyramids of Nuri |
![Trygve and Karen, Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120945005.hrGcr0el.SudanDec093417.jpg) Trygve and Karen, Pyramids of Nuri |
![Trygve and Karen, Pyramids of Nuri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120945006.17mIijtb.SudanDec093418.jpg) Trygve and Karen, Pyramids of Nuri |
![Nuri Hospital](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120985487.IFs9FqPi.SudanDec093347.jpg) Nuri Hospital |
![V monument between Nuri and the Merowe Bridge - the Chinese Salute](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120985490.Tab7LthE.SudanDec093419.jpg) "V" monument between Nuri and the Merowe Bridge - the Chinese Salute |
![Mahmoud, Karen and Trygve give the Chinese salute](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120985493.aCEyTXGv.SudanDec093421.jpg) Mahmoud, Karen and Trygve give the Chinese salute |
![V monument between Nuri and the Merowe Bridge](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120985496.kFPhebCg.SudanDec093422.jpg) "V" monument between Nuri and the Merowe Bridge |
![The Chinese are constructing a large dam at the 4th Cataract](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120985499.lEnrsKag.SudanDec093423.jpg) The Chinese are constructing a large dam at the 4th Cataract |
![Man driving a donkey cart loaded with palms](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120985483.XtKr75eC.SudanDec093344.jpg) Man driving a donkey cart loaded with palms |
![Checkered water tower typical of Northern Sudan](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120985480.8m4aTtNX.SudanDec093341.jpg) Checkered water tower typical of Northern Sudan |
![New mosque between Merowe and Nuri, West Bank of the Nile](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120985477.iANvQsoT.SudanDec093340.jpg) New mosque between Merowe and Nuri, West Bank of the Nile |
![pyramid of tarhaqa at nuri.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/129839496.2szbG52g.pyramidoftarhaqaatnuri.jpg) pyramid of tarhaqa at nuri.jpg |