The next morning, Zand and his fellow travellers head to the ancient city of Meroë. Once a wealthy Kushite metropolis on the east bank of the Nile, Meroë is now a Unesco World Heritage site marked by more than 200 pyramids dating back to the 3rd Century BC. Today, these pyramids see only 15,000 visitors a year, a tiny amount compared to the millions their famed Egyptian cousins receive.