Nubia
Ancient Nile civilization
Nubia is a region along the Nile River in northeastern Africa, spanning southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
The area was home to ancient civilizations that traded with and sometimes rivaled Egypt.
Today Nubian refers to the people, languages, and cultures of this region: Nubian art, the Nubian desert.
The term sometimes appears in discussions of African heritage and identity.
Monarch's ruled territory
- pharaohsAncient Egypt's supreme rulers
- pyramidsApex-topped geometric solids
- KushAncient Nile Valley kingdom
- hieroglyphicsSymbolic picture-based writing
temples · dynasty · monarchs · empire · tribute · conquest · administration · scribes
Africa's longest river
- SudanNortheast African republic
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
- AswanEgyptian city and dam
- KhartoumSudan's largest city
cataracts · desert · Sahara · riverbank · oasis · Upper Egypt · Red Sea · savanna
Act of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- tombsChambers for the dead
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- mummiesPreserved wrapped bodies
pottery · stelae · inscriptions · UNESCO · salvage · relics · treasures · museums
System of symbolic communication
- musicOrganized auditory art
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
- hennaPlant-derived body dye
- weddingsMarriage celebration events
customs · traditions · folklore · oral history · textiles · jewelry · architecture · hospitality
Theban king of gods
- IsisEgyptian magic goddess
- templesHoly places or head sides
- sanctuariesProtected places of refuge
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
rituals · offerings · sacred · divine · worship · Christianity · Coptic · Islam
kingdom
Monarch's ruled territory
- pharaohsAncient Egypt's supreme rulers
- pyramidsApex-topped geometric solids
- KushAncient Nile Valley kingdom
hieroglyphics · temples · dynasty · monarchs · empire · tribute · conquest · administration · scribes · priests
Nile
Africa's longest river
Khartoum · cataracts · desert · Sahara · riverbank · oasis · Upper Egypt · Red Sea · savanna · floodplain
excavation
Act of unearthing
mummies · pottery · stelae · inscriptions · UNESCO · salvage · relics · treasures · museums · preservation
language
System of symbolic communication
weddings · customs · traditions · folklore · oral history · textiles · jewelry · architecture · hospitality · cuisine
Amun
Theban king of gods
- IsisEgyptian magic goddess
- templesHoly places or head sides
- sanctuariesProtected places of refuge
priesthood · rituals · offerings · sacred · divine · worship · Christianity · Coptic · Islam · conversion
- AfricaEgypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- Ancient Egyptpharaoh, pharaohs, sphinx, pyramids, hieroglyphics
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- smartphonesSamsung, smartphone, cellphone, Google, mobile phone
- African historyDahomey, Oyo Empire, Scramble for Africa, scramble for Africa, Berlin Conference
NubiaEgypt
Northeastern African nation
Lower Egypt · Ancient Egypt · Memphis · Alexandria · Thebes
- Nubian knotsSectioned, twisted hair coils