Egypt
New York Times (Karen Rosenberg)
- Online Resource: Jebel Barkal
jebelbarkal.org An excellent resource for Jebel Barkal (Sudan), with lovely photographs of the site and area. Here's a short exerpt from the introduction: Jebel Barkal (“Mt. Barkal”) (var. Gebel Barkal, Gebel el-Barkal, and in some early sources...
- Sudan's Land Of 'black Pharaohs' A Trove For Archaeologists
expatica.com There is not a tourist in sight as the sun sets over sand-swept pyramids at Meroe, but archaeologists say the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan holds mysteries to rival ancient Egypt. "There is a magic beauty about these sites that is heightened...
- Nasa Modis Image Of The Day: River Nile
SpaceRef Click on the small image, right, to go to the page where the full sized photograph can be seen. Most views of Egypt show the famous Nile River Delta, so it is interesting to see this view of the southern part of Egypt. At the top left of the...
- Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago - Nubian Gallery
Time Out The institute has expanded its offerings with a new gallery focused on ancient Nubia, the area that is now southern Egypt and northern Sudan. The artifacts, many of which are on public display for the first time, go as far back as 6,000 years....
- Italian Archaeologists To Join Efforts To Save Sudan's Artifacts
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/01/eng20070301_353343.html"Two top Italian archaeologists will join the international efforts to save ancient artifacts from being submerged by a dam project in Sudan, Italian news agency ANSA reported Wednesday. Twin...
Egypt
Exhibition: Nubia, Ancient Kingdoms of Africa
New York Times (Karen Rosenberg)
“Nubia: Ancient Kingdoms of Africa,” an exhibition at New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, takes you deep into the history of a currently volatile part of the continent.
The show occupies just two small galleries, but spans a 500-mile stretch of the Nile River Valley (now Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt) and more than 2,250 years (from about 3000 B.C. through 750 B.C.). During that time conquerors became the conquered; trading partners were reborn as bitter enemies.
A brief summary of the period: Beginning in about 3000 B.C., Southern Nubia developed into a powerful kingdom known as Kush. Egypt, increasingly nervous about this neighbor, conquered a large swath of it in 1500 B.C. Four centuries later the Egyptian empire collapsed; a dark age followed. Then, around 900 B.C., Nubia rose again. By 750 B.C., its Napatan kings had control of Egypt — at least until the Assyrians arrived, in 650 B.C.
- Online Resource: Jebel Barkal
jebelbarkal.org An excellent resource for Jebel Barkal (Sudan), with lovely photographs of the site and area. Here's a short exerpt from the introduction: Jebel Barkal (“Mt. Barkal”) (var. Gebel Barkal, Gebel el-Barkal, and in some early sources...
- Sudan's Land Of 'black Pharaohs' A Trove For Archaeologists
expatica.com There is not a tourist in sight as the sun sets over sand-swept pyramids at Meroe, but archaeologists say the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan holds mysteries to rival ancient Egypt. "There is a magic beauty about these sites that is heightened...
- Nasa Modis Image Of The Day: River Nile
SpaceRef Click on the small image, right, to go to the page where the full sized photograph can be seen. Most views of Egypt show the famous Nile River Delta, so it is interesting to see this view of the southern part of Egypt. At the top left of the...
- Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago - Nubian Gallery
Time Out The institute has expanded its offerings with a new gallery focused on ancient Nubia, the area that is now southern Egypt and northern Sudan. The artifacts, many of which are on public display for the first time, go as far back as 6,000 years....
- Italian Archaeologists To Join Efforts To Save Sudan's Artifacts
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/01/eng20070301_353343.html"Two top Italian archaeologists will join the international efforts to save ancient artifacts from being submerged by a dam project in Sudan, Italian news agency ANSA reported Wednesday. Twin...