Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile

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2012 American Publishers (PROSE) Awards winner for Best Archaeology & Anthropology Book

For among the up to date world, ancient Nubia seems an unknown and enigmatic land. Only a handful of archaeologists have studied its history or unearthed the Nubian cities, temples, and cemeteries that once dotted the landscape of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Nubia’s remote setting in the course of an inhospitable desert, with get entry to by river blocked by impassable rapids, has lent it not only an charisma, but also isolated it from exploration. During the last century, particularly throughout this last generation, scholars have begun to focal point more attention on the fascinating cultures of ancient Nubia, satirically prompted by the construction of large dams that have flooded vast tracts of the ancient land.

This book attempts to document some of what has recently been came upon about ancient Nubia, with its remarkable history, architecture, and culture, and thereby to give us a picture of this rich, but unfamiliar, African legacy.

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