The country with the most pyramids in the world is not Egypt — it’s Sudan, which has roughly 200 to 250 ancient pyramids, more than twice the number found in Egypt — built by the Kingdom of Kush between 700 BC and 300 AD, and largely overlooked by modern tourism because they sit in remote desert sites in a country most travelers cannot easily visit.

Egypt has roughly 118 ancient pyramids. Sudan, its southern neighbour, has about 255. The difference is not a recent reclassification or a contested count. It has been established for more than a century in the archaeological literature, repeatedly photographed from the air, and listed in standard reference works. The Nubian pyramids of Sudan outnumber the [...] The post The country with the most pyramids in the world is not Egypt — it’s Sudan, which has roughly 200 to 250 ancient pyramids, more