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Feb 2, 2024 · Professor Harry Smith was interviewed by Chris Naunton for the Egypt Exploration Society's Oral History Project in March 2009. This is the second part of an ...
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Dec 11, 2023 · Nubia, a significant historical region traversed by the Nile River in Africa, encompassed what is now the two Sudans, southern Egypt, and parts of Ethiopia. ...
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Lower Nubia. Lower Nubia (also called Wawat) [1] [2] is the northernmost part of Nubia, roughly contiguous with the modern Lake Nasser, which submerged the historical region in the 1960s with the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Many ancient Lower Nubian monuments, and all its modern population, were relocated as part of the International ...
Jan 24, 2024 · Ramesses II, an influential Pharaoh, married the daughter of the King of Nubia, Nefertari, making her one of Egypt’s most renowned Pharaonic queens. Several Nubians have played a role in Egypt’s recent political history, notes journalist Samia Allam. Haj Ahmed Idris, credited with the October War code, hails from Nubia.
In 2016, the Nubian homelands are once again threatened by the planned construction of further dams in Sudanese Nubia. The Nubian Languages and Culture Project is assisting with safeguarding the intangible heritage and endangered languages of this ancient land, people and culture.
Feb 1, 2014 · Nubian activists in Cairo put their community's population at around 300,000 in Egypt; up to 60,000 were displaced in the 1960s, while the rest were either uprooted in the colonial era or had ...