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 ...
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 ...
This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Atlanta art lovers may be surprised that the High Museum of Art is hosting the artwork of ancient Nubia because it has seldom presented exhibitions that ...
The construct of race was neither heard nor thought of during the two-thousand-year span included within the Saint Louis Art Museum’s presentation of “Nubia: Treasures of Ancient Africa.” And yet ...
Along the Nile, in what is now Sudan, archaeologists have uncovered evidence that children (some barely past infancy) were tattooed more than 1,400 years ago. Surprisingly, this breakthrough came from ...
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals a fascinating and unusual practice from the ancient kingdom of Nubia. Archaeologists have uncovered ...
The land of Nubia / Peter Lacovara -- The history of Nubia / Marjorie M. Fisher -- The early exploration and archaeology of Nubia / Peter Lacovara. Sidelight: the treasure of a Nubian queen / Peter ...
When we think of exhibits of ancient civilizations, our minds inevitably turn to ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks or Romans. While these associations are understandable, they reflect a ...
Papers originally presented at a workshop held at the Natural History Museum in London, August 29-30, 2012. ANTH copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Jayne H. Plank. Sir ...
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