Nubia The forgotten Kingdom

[anansi]

Posted by Al Takruri at E/S

Nubia, The Forgotten Kingdom




Nubia,known as Sudan now, is one of the largest country in the Africa Continent. Sudan is located right on the South of Egypt on the map but is comparatively less known.

However, this was not the case thousands of years ago. Sudan, known as Nubia then, was a powerful nation. They traded with the Egyptians but also waged wars with them. The Nubians excelled in architecture, design and they have 3 times as many Pyramids as Egypt. Learn more about this once powerful country by watching the clip below.
fulldocumentaries.blogspot.com/2009/04/nubia-forgotten-kingdom.html

[nebsen]

Was today's Sudan known as Nubia, or Kush, or Ta- Seti ? Which came first ? I have this documentary on DVD, & I wondered also about the usage of the term Nubia. Nubia seems to be the generic term most people use for this ancient land now days, but doe's that make it correct ?

[Tukuler al~Takruri]

See the A Nubia and Semitic speakers overview thread here on ESR.

Also see the Ta-seti Kush folder on TNV.

And there's the ES topic KUSH: Ancient Sudan including Egypt's Nubian and sandstone regions.

As a royal polity, TaSeti precedes Kush and once included the 1st
and part of the 2nd nome territories in what would become Egypt.

[nebsen]

al~Takruri,

Thanks !

[maiherpra]

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Nubian Pottery from the so called A group otherwise known as Taseti. The Egyptians during the Naqada and earlier Badarian Stage excelled in this tradition of pottery, which is often described as eggshell thin and hard as metal. However during the dynastic age they lost the skill while their southern Kushitic counterparts continued the Saharan Ceramic tradition.

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