Desert Legions: The Romans in Africa

The River Nile and a thirst for commerce and land led the armies of Rome deep into Africa. Raoul McLaughlin investigates.

Funeral pyramids and temples from the Kingdom of Kush dating from 800 BC to AD 350 at Meroe, Sudan

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