Jada Pinkett Smith’s new Netflix documentary series on Cleopatra aims to spotlight powerful African queens. “We don’t often get to see or hear stories about Black queens, and that was really important ...

(The Root) — This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for ...

Egypt is one of the most magical places in Africa. The history of the country runs back thousands of years. Egyptian culture birthed some of the world’s most important inventions and technologies.

A researcher has uncovered a set of historical records thought to have been lost during the Second World War, and the information contained in them has shed new light on an ancient people. Jenny ...

The crocodile absorbs jealousy. It takes it in, for protection from evil.” Limekamrkamlia Nhmda’s words rest in the warm Nubian air, as calmly as the way she fondly strokes a baby crocodile’s back.

The Penn Museum is temporarily closing two of its most revered galleries this fall to make way for some dramatic changes. The Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries will close Nov. 6 so the museum can ...

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 ...

This piece received an honorable mention in the nonfiction category of the 2o24 Wallace Prize. Every inch of a typical Nubian home along the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt is covered in bright colors. In ...

age 92, of Nubian Egyptian decent, died on October 9th at NHC Health Care after a brief but courageous battle with his illness. Proceeding him in death were his parents Herman and Gertrude Nubia and ...

Born in Egypt to Sudanese parents, artist Amado Alfadni dedicates Kushite, his current exhibition at Gallery Cairo, to the ...