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How a shifting Nile landscape shaped the rise of the ancient empire of Kush in Sudan
The ancient Kush city of Jebel Barkal rose up in the Nile River Valley starting around 2000 BCE. New research dug deep to learn more about what this landscape was like over the past 4,000 years.
Geoff Emberling, Research Scientist in Archaeology, University of Michigan·May 19, 2026