In the north of Sudan, in the heart of desert sites, pyramids, collapsed fortresses and mysterious walls stand out. Engulfed in the sands, entire cities and necropolises may be about to be discovered at their feet. These are the remains of the kingdom of Kush, in southern Egypt, which developed along the Nile, in close contact with its powerful neighbour, between 2,500 B.C. and until the fourth century A.D., a longevity of nearly three thousand years. In the 20th century, the American archaeologist George Reisner discovered the site but saw in Kush only a short-lived kingdom colonized by Egypt. The wealth of remains gathered by a growing number of archaeologists in recent decades has brought to light a completely different story: while the rulers of Kush were in turn trading partners, adversaries and vassals of the Egyptian pharaohs, they also managed, in turn, between the 8th and 7th centuries BC, to conquer their neighbour, founding an empire that extended from the north of present-day Khartoum to the shores of the Mediterranean.
Racontée à partir de vastes chantiers de fouilles en cours, au Soudan, l'histoire fabuleuse du royaume de Koush, qui a régné sur l'Égypte pendant près d'un siècle.