Nubia: welcome to "God's Land'.(African Heritage) From: New African | Date: January 1, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 IC Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Did you know there are twice as many pyramids in Sudan as there are in Egypt? When recalling humanity's eminent civilisations throughout history, one often thinks of Ancient Egypt, China, the Incas, Mayans, Greeks or the Romans. Never Nubia (Sudan) which, at its peak, presided over a mighty empire that covered great tracts of land through the Nile Valley, and which rivalled the power, influence and wealth of Ancient Egypt. Here, on the back of an ongoing exhibition in London mounte...