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Nubian pyramids older than tourists and younger than Egypt's

Statue of Queen AMANIMALIL. One of the great artistic masterpieces of the kingdom of Napata. The queen designated on the back pillar as“beloved of Amun of Napta who resides in the sacred mountain“.
Statue of Queen AMANIMALIL. One of the great artistic masterpieces of the kingdom of Napata. The queen designated on the back pillar as“beloved of Amun of Napta who resides in the sacred mountain“. © Matthias Gehricke, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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