Egypt
On the UK TV History channel at 3pm today (sorry for the extra stupid short notice) there is a Horizon programme as follows: "Documentary telling the story of the Black African Kingdom of Kush and its battles with ancient Egypt for supremacy of the Nile Valley. The kings of Kush ruled Egypt for 100 years and became the most powerful emperors of the ancient world. Though archaeologists were convinced Kush's influence had been underestimated, they had lacked proof until the recent discovery of an inscription in a tomb that tells of an invasion by a Kushite army" (copied from the Radio Times website at www.radiotimes.com). I caught it at 9am this morning and it is probably on again at some point tomorrow - they usually repeat them several times during the week. Lots of glorious footage of scenery and sites, and Derek Welsby does a good turn as the main archaeologist featured - a better than average popular archaeology documentary.
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- Quest For Ancient Egypt (uk Television)
www.radiotimes.com Another last minute notification of a tv programme - this time tonight at 9-10pm on the Freeview channel UK History. The episode is entitled "From Plunder to Preservation" and is described on the Radio Times website as: "Documentary...
Egypt
The Black Pharaohs - 3pm today UK Television
On the UK TV History channel at 3pm today (sorry for the extra stupid short notice) there is a Horizon programme as follows: "Documentary telling the story of the Black African Kingdom of Kush and its battles with ancient Egypt for supremacy of the Nile Valley. The kings of Kush ruled Egypt for 100 years and became the most powerful emperors of the ancient world. Though archaeologists were convinced Kush's influence had been underestimated, they had lacked proof until the recent discovery of an inscription in a tomb that tells of an invasion by a Kushite army" (copied from the Radio Times website at www.radiotimes.com). I caught it at 9am this morning and it is probably on again at some point tomorrow - they usually repeat them several times during the week. Lots of glorious footage of scenery and sites, and Derek Welsby does a good turn as the main archaeologist featured - a better than average popular archaeology documentary.
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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....
- 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...
- New Gold Processing Centre On Middle Nile
Archaeologists Discover Gold Processing Center On The Nile Archaeologists from the University of Chicago have discovered a gold processing center along the middle Nile, an installation that produced the precious metal sometime between 2000 and 1500 B.C....
- Scholars Race To Recover A Lost Kingdom On The Nile
New York TimesThe rescue archaeology being carried out in the fourth cataract area of the Nile, in advance of the completion of the Meroe Dam, is the somewhat demoralizing subject of this article on the above page (accompanied by maps and photographs)....
- Quest For Ancient Egypt (uk Television)
www.radiotimes.com Another last minute notification of a tv programme - this time tonight at 9-10pm on the Freeview channel UK History. The episode is entitled "From Plunder to Preservation" and is described on the Radio Times website as: "Documentary...