Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, they created a culture that influenced both civilizations.

“The government has plans in 2025 to offer new mining sites to investors from Egypt and other countries...there is a target to expand the sector’s contribution to GDP from around 1 percent at present ...

(Hamada Elrasam/VOA) 2 Inside the 3,500-year-old funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass says his team’s new findings reveal that Egypt’s first female pharaoh ...