Ancient Nubian civilizations practiced something that might shock modern sensibilities - they tattooed the faces of infants and toddlers as young as seven months old. A new study using advanced ...

Ancient Nubians who lived between the 7th and 9th centuries tattooed the cheeks and foreheads of their infants and toddlers.

Researchers had long understood that tattooing was a cultural practice in Nubia, a region along the Nile. However, poor ...

The construct of race was neither heard nor thought of during the two-thousand-year span included within the Saint Louis Art Museum’s presentation of “Nubia: Treasures of Ancient Africa.” And yet ...

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Atlanta art lovers may be surprised that the High Museum of Art is hosting the artwork of ancient Nubia because it has seldom presented exhibitions that ...

The World Between: Egypt and Nubia in Africa examines the intricate cultural interactions between ancient Egypt and Nubia from prehistory through the Post-Meroitic era. The exhibition features 70 ...

Ergamenes, Aktisanes, and the modern discovery of Hellenizing art in Meroe -- Reception without understanding? -- An elusive model: images of Egypt's multicultural identity in the Ptolemaic and Roman ...

The land of Nubia / Peter Lacovara -- The history of Nubia / Marjorie M. Fisher -- The early exploration and archaeology of Nubia / Peter Lacovara. Sidelight: the treasure of a Nubian queen / Peter ...

The University Museum unveiled an extensive 300-piece exhibition called "Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa" last month. The collection traces the 3500-year history of Nubia, an ancient ...

The 1,400-year-old Nubian toddler tattoos are not isolated curiosities but part of a broader pattern of body marking that is ...

When we think of exhibits of ancient civilizations, our minds inevitably turn to ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks or Romans. While these associations are understandable, they reflect a ...