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The Ancient Nubians: A Forgotten Kingdom of Africa
An introduction to ancient Nubia along the Nile south of Egypt: its peoples and kingdoms from Kerma to Meroe, and why scholars know it better than most readers.
Egypt and Africa
Nubia and Kush
The Nile kingdoms of Kerma, Napata and Meroe south of Egypt.
The Ancient Nubians: A Legacy of Art and Architecture
Nubian temples, jewellery, pottery and rock monuments, from Jebel Barkal and Naqa to the international campaign that moved Abu Simbel before Lake Nasser rose.
The Ancient Nubians: The Forgotten Kingdom of Africa
The Kerma kingdom of Upper Nubia, about 2500 to 1500 BCE: its capital, mudbrick deffufa buildings, huge burial mounds and conquest by Egypt.
The Forgotten History of the Ancient Nubian Kingdom
How the Kushite kings of Egypt's Twenty-fifth Dynasty, including Piye and Taharqa, ruled from about 744 to 656 BCE and fought the Assyrians.
The Forgotten History of the Ancient Nubian Kingdoms
The later Meroitic kingdom of Kush: its capital Meroe, iron working, ruling queens called kandake, and the debated reasons for its decline.
The Forgotten History of the Nubian Kingdom
The Napatan state of Kush at Jebel Barkal: how it emerged after Egypt left Nubia and rose to rule Egypt as the Twenty-fifth Dynasty.
The Forgotten History of the Nubians
Thousands of years of contact between Nubia and Egypt: trade, Middle Kingdom forts, New Kingdom conquest and the Nubian archers who served in Egypt.
The Forgotten Kingdom of Kush: A Hidden Gem of Ancient Africa
The steep-sided pyramids of Kush at El-Kurru, Nuri and Meroe: who built them, how they differ from Egyptian pyramids, and how they were damaged.
The Forgotten Kingdom of the Nubians: A Hidden Gem of Ancient History
The Meroitic script of ancient Kush: how it can be read as sounds, why the language is still poorly understood, and what its inscriptions tell us.
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