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 ...

Many people don’t associate Egypt with Africa, even though the country is located in that continent. King Tutankhamun has been classified in history as Egyptian, but few would also say he is African ...

In 2300 B.C., an Egyptian official who had been dispatched to the African kingdom of Nubia to trade for ivory and ebony wrote to his pharaoh that he had received a special gift: a Pygmy. The pharaoh ...

“We went to the graves of our ancestors for the last time,” said Sheik Ahmed Mardani. “The women and children cried and we tried to console them, but we” knew our homes were lost and our lives changed ...

NASR AL-NUBA, Egypt (Reuters) - For half a century, Egypt's Nubians have patiently lobbied the government in Cairo for a return to their homelands on the banks of the upper Nile, desperate to reclaim ...

Often our identity is comprised of many factors and many influences. Identity in the world of ancient Egypt is no exception. During Egypt's 25th Dynasty, Nubian kings occupied the pharaonic throne and ...

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 ...

Winged Isis pectoral, Nubian, Napatan period, 538-519 B.C. (Image courtesy of Boston Museum of Fine Arts) Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, among America’s greatest art museums and, along with New York’s ...

Egypt and Egyptology remain firmly outside African and African art studies. This persistent bifurcation was acutely apparent at a symposium at the Newark Museum on "Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa." It ...

Beneath the ruins of Old Dongola in Sudan, archaeologists uncovered the remains of what may be the largest cathedral ever found in Nubia. Once the capital of the Christian Kingdom of Makuria, Old ...