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1. a. : a native or inhabitant of Nubia. b. : a member of one of the group of dark-skinned peoples that formed a powerful empire between Egypt and Ethiopia from the 6th to the 14th centuries. 2. : any of several languages spoken in central and northern Sudan. Nubian adjective. Examples of Nubian in a Sentence.
- Kerma Ware Pottery Beaker
- Black Polished Incised Ware Cup
- Sesebi and Egyptian Domination
- A Powerful Kushite Dynasty Emerges
- Ornamental Head of A Goddess, Possibly Isis
- Burials of Kushite Kings
- One of The Longest Known Monumental Texts in Meroitic
The cultures of Kerma flourished between about 2500 and 1500 B.C.E. Their most distinctive products were ceramics. The potters were able to produce incredibly fine vessels by hand, without using a wheel. The pot shown here belongs to the so-called ‘Classic Kerma’ phase, from around 1750 to around 1550 B.C.E. Classic Kerma pottery is characterized b...
The handmade pottery produced by C-Groupcraftsmen is highly distinctive. Although some forms are comparable to Egyptian types of the same period, others are quite different. These show a strong African influence. This cup has features characteristic of the African-influenced group known as ‘polished incised ware’. The cup has a round bottom and is ...
This beautiful vase was found in a plundered part of the cemetery at Sesebi in southern Nubia. It is an excellent example of the use of faience in a color other than blue. Decoration has been added to the cream body in blue and black, in the form of two friezes of lotus petals at the base and neck, with lotus buds hanging down; the vase itself is i...
The Egyptians withdrew from Sudan around 1070 B.C.E. and by the ninth century a second powerful Kushite dynasty had emerged there. Taking advantage of instability and political disunity in Egypt, the Kushite king Kashta extended his control to Thebes in Egypt by the mid-eighth century B.C.E. His successor Piankhi (Piye) achieved complete control of...
The term aegis is used in Egyptology to describe a broad collar surmounted by the head of a deity, in this case a goddess, possibly Isis. Representations in temples show that these objects decorated the sacred boats in which deities were carried in procession during festivals. An aegiswas mounted at the prow and another at the stern. The head of th...
The early Kushite kings were buried on beds placed on stone platforms in the tombs under their pyramids. These structures were based on the pyramids of Egyptian private tombs of the New Kingdom (about 1550–1070 B.C.E.), but the style of burial was entirely Kushite. King Taharqo (690–664 B.C.E.) introduced more Egyptian elements to the burial, such ...
This stela is one of a pair found at Hamadab a few kilometers south of Meroe in Sudan, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Kush. They stood either side of the main doorway into a temple. At the top of the stela are the remains of a relief panel depicting the Kushite rulers Queen Amanirenas and Prince Akinidad. On the left they are shown facing a ...
Nubia was an ancient African Kingdom. It dates back to around 6000 BC. It was in northeastern Africa. They were a valuable culture because of their trading abilities. They were on the coast of the Red Sea. That gave them many ports from which they were able to trade. This culture, though, had many hardships.
Nubia, Ancient region of the Nile River valley, northeastern Africa. Its borders originally extended north to include Aswān and, before completion of the Aswan High Dam, the first cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt.
Dec 6, 2023 · The Kingdom of Kush in ancient Nubia, an introduction. by The British Museum. Aegis of Isis, Kushite, late 3rd century B.C.E., from Kawa, Sudan (© The Trustees of the British Museum) The first settlers in northern Sudan date back 300,000 years. It is home to the oldest sub-Saharan African kingdom, the kingdom of Kush (about 2500–1500 B.C.E.).
Jan 13, 2021 · Nubia has emerged as an independent field of study partly because of dam projects that flooded long reaches of the Nile valley and adjacent deserts. The region itself includes the Nile Valley in Egypt and Sudan, from the First Cataract at Aswan to the confluence of the Blue and White Niles at Khartoum, as well as adjacent deserts.
Dec 6, 2023 · Between 500 and 600 C.E., the rulers of three Nubian medieval kingdoms, Nobatia, Makuria and Alwa, governed the Nile valley from the first cataract to just south of modern Khartoum in Sudan. Missionaries from the Byzantine Empire, sent by Justinian I and his empress Theodora, converted these kingdoms to Christianity.