Where on Earth is This?

by Matt Wright | 21 Jul 2022 | Bible Places, Picture of the Week

Photo by Hans Birger Nilsen (CC BY-SA 2.0).

At first glance, you may think this picture was snapped in Egypt. There are camels, there are pyramids, and the Nile River is not far away. However, this is actually a view of Meröe in Sudan! Meröe was part of Cush, a region south of Egypt, mentioned numerous times in the Bible.