Directory of Nubia Resources

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This category lists sites devoted to the ancient history of Nubia.

Resources in This Category

• Accounts of Meröe, Kush, and Axum

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/nubia1.asp
  Selected excerpts from Herodotus, Strabo, Dio Cassius, and Procopius of Caesarea.

• Ancient Nubia - Egypt's Rival in Africa.

  http://www.angelfire.com/oh/AncientKnowledge/NUBIA.html
  General historical and culture information of the past and present with images.

• Ancient Sudan ~ Nubia

  http://www.ancientsudan.org/
  Articles by Ibrahim Omer on the ancient history and cultures of the ancient civilization of Nubia in Sudan

• Egypt Guide for Travel and Tours, Modern and Ancient Egypt,

  http://touregypt.net/aswan4.htm
  Ancient sites of Aswan, Idfu, Kom-Ombo, and Nubia with description and images

• Elephantine Island

  http://www.touregypt.net/elephantine.htm
  Description and history of Elephantine Island, from predynastic times to the present.

• Gebel Barkal, Nubia

  http://www.learningsites.com/GebelBarkal-2/GB-hist2.htm
  A brief history, including plans to reconstruct digitally.

• Kush, Meroe, and Nubia

  http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Sudan.html
  Early history of the area from Paleolithic times to the 15th century.

• Map - Philae

  http://www.touregypt.net/Map20.htm
  Clear and well-labeled drawing of the island.

• Medieval Nubia

  http://rumkatkilise.org/nubia.htm
  Text which chronicles the history and remaining archaeological and artistic evidence of this remarkable fusion of cultures based on common grounds of Christian faith and adaptation.

• Neither Goddesses Nor Doormats - The Role of Women in Nubia

  http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=23
  Scholarly paper includes a history with a conclusion and notes.

• New Nubia Museum in Aswan

  http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/4/4nubia.html
  A detailed in-depth review and description of the facility contents.

• Nubia

  http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stsmith/research/nubia_history.html
  A brief history illustrated with color images and a working timeline.

• Nubia

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11147a.htm
  A detailed history with emphasis on religious aspects of its culture.

• Nubia

  http://touregypt.net/historicalessays/nubia.htm
  Essays from ancient times to the present, geography, and culture that includes photographs.

• Nubia

  http://www.crystalinks.com/nubia.html
  Detailed illustrated article with a map.

• Nubia - Its glory and Its People

  http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/special/nubia/
  An exhibition brochure on the history from 3800 B.C. through 1400 AD.

• Nubia Museum

  http://www.touregypt.net/nubiamuseum.htm
  Describes Nubia, the international effort to save Nubian monuments and artifacts, and the museum and its contents; from TourEgypt.

• Philae

  http://hethert.org/philae.html
  Photographs with comments.

• Philae, Egypt

  http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/egypt/philae/philae.html
  Temple views with comments after being rebuilt.

• Temple of Philae

  http://www.eyelid.co.uk/philae1.htm
  Brief description with drawings and color photographs.

• TheNubian

  http://www.thenubian.net/
  Basic information on the past and present, a chronology, galleries, newsletter, forum, references, and links.

• Upper Nubia at Kalabsha

  http://hethert.org/nubia.html
  Description of small temple of Het-Hert with photograph.

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