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 ...

The Penn Museum has recently announced new renovations on its Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries, set to conclude by late 2028. Credit: Abhiram Juvvadi The Penn Museum will begin renovations on its ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C.

The way many Americans think about racial identity today is hard to map onto the complex history of ancient Egypt and ancient Nubia. Never mind Cleopatra – what about the forgotten queens of ...

A study of ancient Egyptian mummies has shown that schistosomiasis and malaria hounded the pharaohs. The Nile likely dictated which diseases were most common in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Thirty-one ...

Scholars tend to study ancient Egypt as a part of the Mediterranean world, with cultural and political links to Greece and Rome, as well as with Nubia, which roughly coincides with modern-day Sudan.

Was this one of the most ancient love stories, long before Romeo and Juliet? It was the first time we heard of Nubia. Apparently this old kingdom was home to some of Africa’s earliest.

Site Map; Connect with ... 100,000 other Nubians in Egypt who last week were being ... raised to a height of 182 ft. Half of Nubia’s 30,000 arable acres were lost and the ...

Nubia is an ancient region in northeast Africa that extends from the Nile River valley in Egypt, all the way down to Khartoum in modern-day Sudan. The area was once home to the Nubian Kingdom of ...

Ancient Egypt—a civilization that was one of the most powerful the world has ever seen and which lasted for nearly 3,000 years—was among the first to mummify its dead, providing us a window ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments ...