The Lost Kingdom of the Black Pharaohs

SYNOPSIS

For nearly one hundred years, Ancient Egypt was ruled by a dynasty known as the Black Pharaohs. They came from the Kingdom of Kush to the south of Egypt, in what is now Sudan. Now, more than 30 international teams of archaeologists are working with Sudan’s Department of Antiquities to excavate magnificent sites - from pyramids to temples - along the Sudanese Nile Valley. Using drones to show the full extent of the Black Pharaoh’s Kingdom for the first time - the experts featured in this film challenge the view that Egypt is Africa’s only ‘great’ civilisation, providing evidence that the Black Pharaohs’ Kingdom of Kush was a major ancient African superpower, that until now, has been overlooked by history.