Nubia: rediscovering African kingdoms. (includes list of exhibits of Nubian art and a chronological summary of key periods in Nubian history)

From: American Visions | Date: October 1, 1993| Author: Grzymski, Krzystztof | Copyright information

For 3,000 years, in peaceful commerce and in barbarous war, in triumph and in defeat, the ancient African kingdoms of Nubia were Egypt's southern neighbors - and rivals. Egyptian temples and pyramids have been visited by millions of tourists and are illustrated in fancy albums and history textbooks, but where is Nubia? Though there are more royal pyramids still standing in Nubia than there are in Egypt and though the temples of Musawwarat es Sufra and Naga in central Sudan are as w...

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