Nubian Chronology "Its glory and its people"
The Kingdom is Possible Because of the Queen. . . . The King is the Sign. . . . While the Queen is the Symbol. . . .
This is constantly growing list of articles on about the ancient African presence in many countries around the world as well as many articles on the American history of Africans displaced there. Editor Choice
Egyptian Sculpture: Battalion of 40 Nubian armed archers ready for war (from tomb of a local prince or general named Nomarchus Mesehti of Asyut (Upper Egypt), under the rulerMentuhotep II (11th Dynasty 2055 -2004 BC.)
Nubia Museum, in Aswan
Note: It is important to remember that Egypt is in Africa. Map of Africa
Map of Nubia plus 25th dynasty
Examines the history of the continent from an African perspective. Ancient Ghana, Kanem, Mali, Songhay, Hausa States Asante, Ife, Benin and South Africa.
"The closing of the Egyptian temples by the order of Emperor Justinian in the fifth century (AD) anticipated and symbolized the "2000 seasons" of the attempt to destroy African civilization. . . . .
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Cheikh Anta Diop, a modern champion of African identity, was born in Diourbel, Senegal on December 29, 1923. Dr. Diop was the Director of Radiocarbon Laboratory at the Fundamental Institute of Black Africa (IFAN) at the University of Dakar.
The people that lived in Lower Nubia--the region between the First and the Second Cataract of the Nile and the surrounding deserts--during predynastic times are called the A-Group.
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The main mission of the project is to create a community of teachers, scholars, students, educators in museums and libraries, and others who want to learn and teach about Nubia as a significant ancient civilization, and to integrate this knowledge into the school curriculum, informal educational activities, and self- study programs.
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Pyramids from the Northern Cemetery at Meroë, 3rd c. B.C. to 4th c. A.D. (Photo Gallery)
Analyzing DNA: There is no evidence of modern humans outside Africa earlier than 50,000 years ago, says Dr. Richard Klein, an archaeologist at Stanford University.
Mentuemhat, Governor of Thebes, Egypt
by Bruce B. Williams, Research Associate, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
More recent discoveries of incised ocher date back almost as far as 100,000 BC, making Africa home to the oldest images in the world.
These sites demonstrate that the early inhabitants of the Nile valley and its nearby deserts had learned how to exploit local environments, developing economic strategies that were maintained in later cultural traditions of pharaonic Egypt.
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Egyptian Domination: 1950-1100 B.C.
Napatan Period 747-200 B.C.
Meroitic Period 200 B.C.--A.D. 350
X-Group (Ballana Period) A.D. 250-550
Christian Period: A.D. 550-1400
(All dates are approximated)
What could Hitler, the German chancellor who savaged the Jews and brought world war upon us during the mid 20th century, had to do with our initial interpretations of the origins of Egyptian society? Quite a lot, actually, although we must not place all the blame on him. Many of his attitudes about race were more common in the early 20th century amongst the western colonial powers than most people realize.
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History is a light that illuminates the past, and a key that unlocks the door to the future. - Runoko
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Although some believe the high culture of subsequent Egyptian dynasties was borrowed from Mesopotamia and Syria, University of Colorado at Boulder astronomy Professor J. McKim Malville and others believe the complex and symbolic Nabta culture may have stimulated the growth of the society that eventually constructed the first pyramids along the Nile about 4500 years ago.
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Women in Darfur risk exposure to violent attacks and each time they leave the safety of the displaced persons camps to gather firewood. With more than 300,000 Darfuris dead and at least two million more having fled their homes, the situation may seem overwhelming. But, there is hope. It comes in the unlikely shape of a stove. Learn more about the Potential Energy Stoves Project) and how you can make a difference in Darfur. The cookstoves were developed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Engineers without Borders.
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Egyptians are African Nubian
Egyptian Nubian Artifacts
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In 2003, a Swiss archaeological team working in northern Sudan uncovered one of the most remarkable Egyptological finds in recent years. At the site known as Kerma, near the third cataract of the Nile, archaeologist Charles Bonnet and his team discovered a ditch within a temple from the ancient city of Pnoubs, which contained seven monumental black granite statues.
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The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu Part 1 of 5 - BBC Travel Documentary
Presents proof that an advanced black African civilization inhabited the Sahara long before Pharaonic Egypt
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Our ancestors originated in Africa.
Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop - The African Origins Of Humanity
Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December 1923 – 7 February 1986) was a historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human race's origins and pre-colonial African culture. Cheikh Anta Diop University, in Dakar, Senegal, is named after him.
Presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.
This installment of Hidden Colors goes into topics such as:
* The global African presence
* The science of melanin
* The truth about the prison industrial complex
* How thriving black economic communities were undermined in America
* The hidden truth about Native Americans.
* Solutions
And much more
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