Kush

African Vernacular Architecture

Gallery of Kushite Architecture

 

"The earliest Nubian architecture used perishable materials, wattle and daub, mudbricks, animal hide and other light and supple materials. Early Nubian architecture consisted of speos, structures derived from carving of rock, an innovation of the A-Group culture (c. 3800-3100 BCE), as seen in the Sofala Cave rock-cut temple." [Wikipedia] Read More

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Pyramids of Meroe

Nubian Pyramid

Plan of the pyramid field (North) of Meroe

Meroitic mausoleums

Amanitore pyramid. N1

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