[1] The pyramids were constructed of stone block over a round masonry chamber symbolic of the older Kush tradition of earthen burial mounds.

While it was considered sacrilegious for anyone but royalty to be buried in this manner during the early Meroitic period, with the passing of time and the isolation of Sedeinga from Meroë, the tradition extended to the wealthy.

The Sedeinga pyramids also exhibited a greater Egyptian influence than their counterparts in Meroë, typified by capstones depicting birds or lotuses emerging from solar discs.

The stone inscriptions constitute the largest collection of texts ever discovered written in Meroitic, which one of the oldest known writing systems of Africa.

[3][5][6][1] Many of the artifacts unearthed at the Sedeinga site are in remarkably good condition, with some steles conserving their blue pigment.