Egypt
The Star (John Goddard)
- 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...
- The Findings Of A Swiss Archaeological Team In Northern Sudan
Yahoo! The Swiss archaeologist Charles Bonnet spent many years exploring the remains of Nubian civilization in northern Sudan, focusing particular attention on the site of Kerma, the capital of the Nubians, and finding evidence of the existence of a genuine...
- Archaeology At Meroe
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/219734 "More royal pyramids stand in the deserts of northern Sudan than in all of Egypt. For 3,000 years, a succession of African civilizations rose and fell along the Nile River in ancient Nubia, at one point expanding...
- More On New Nubia Exhibit
http://tinyurl.com/rg5hv (Chicago Tribune) As reported earlier, the Oriental Institute, in Chicago, U.S., has opened a new permanent exhibit dedicated to ancient Nubia. "The Oriental Institute has long been involved with preserving Nubia's legacy....
- Ancient Nubia In Chicago
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/060216/nubia.shtml"Some of the world’s most significant artifacts from Nubia, an ancient African civilization that had important connections to Egypt, will go on display Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Museum of the Oriental...
Egypt
Nubian Gallery at Royal Ontario Museum re-opens
The Star (John Goddard)
Before Barack Obama there was Taharqa.
Last in a line of so-called Black Pharaohs, he ruled over ancient Egypt and beyond as king of the African civilization of Kush, the last black leader of a superpower before the current U.S. president.
Toronto enjoys a special connection to the time.
For 27 years, archaeologist Krzysztof Grzymski, head of world cultures at the Royal Ontario Museum, has been unearthing the remains of Kush and other lost civilizations of ancient Nubia, in what is now northern Sudan.
In 1992, he opened North America’s first Nubian gallery at the ROM.
- 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...
- The Findings Of A Swiss Archaeological Team In Northern Sudan
Yahoo! The Swiss archaeologist Charles Bonnet spent many years exploring the remains of Nubian civilization in northern Sudan, focusing particular attention on the site of Kerma, the capital of the Nubians, and finding evidence of the existence of a genuine...
- Archaeology At Meroe
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/219734 "More royal pyramids stand in the deserts of northern Sudan than in all of Egypt. For 3,000 years, a succession of African civilizations rose and fell along the Nile River in ancient Nubia, at one point expanding...
- More On New Nubia Exhibit
http://tinyurl.com/rg5hv (Chicago Tribune) As reported earlier, the Oriental Institute, in Chicago, U.S., has opened a new permanent exhibit dedicated to ancient Nubia. "The Oriental Institute has long been involved with preserving Nubia's legacy....
- Ancient Nubia In Chicago
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/060216/nubia.shtml"Some of the world’s most significant artifacts from Nubia, an ancient African civilization that had important connections to Egypt, will go on display Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Museum of the Oriental...