I of Bavaria and are now in the State Museum of Egyptian Art of Munich, while the remaining – under suggestions of Karl Richard Lepsius and of Christian Charles Josias von Bunsen – was bought by the Egyptian Museum of Berlin where it still is. George Reisner, a Harvard archaeologist, investigated the pyramids at Nuri and mapped more than 80 royal Kushite burials in 1916–1919. Reisner started to explore burial chambers but he found they were flooded by the rising water table. He abandoned further excavation because he thought it was too dangerous, probably because a collapse of a staircase had killed five of his workers. Some of his findings were published in 1955. National Geographic funded explorations from 2015 to 2019 using underwater scuba diving equipment and remote controlled robots. Pyramids and cemeteries The royal cemetery at el-Kurru. Kashta, Piye, Tantamani, Shabaka and several queens are buried in pyramids at El-Kurru. Pyramids of Gebel Barkal Royal cemetery at Nuri. Kings Taharqa, Atlanersa and other royals from the kingdom of Napata are buried at Nuri. Pyramids of Meroe (Begarawiyah). Dating to the Meroitic period. Pyramids date from c. 720–300 BC at the South Cemetery and c. 300 BC to c. 350 AD at the North Cemetery. Sedeinga pyramids See also Ancient Egypt Candace of Meroë Kingdom of Kush List of megalithic sites Meroë Nubia Nubian architecture Sedeinga pyramids Explanatory notes References External links Pyramids of Nubia – A site detailing the three major pyramid sites of ancient Nubia Nubian Pyramids – A site featuring numerous photographs of the pyramids at Meroë Aerial Photographs of Sudan – A site featuring spectacular aerial photographs of the pyramids and temples at el-Kurru, Nuri, and Meroë Aerial video of Nubia Pyramids Voyage au pays des pharaons noirs Travel in Sudan and notes on Nubian history Labelled map of the pyramids at Meroe Archaeological sites in Sudan Pyramids Kingdom of Kush Pyramids Pyramids in Sudan