Black Spectrum Theatre is starting its 56th season with action-packed reenactments of sometimes-obscure pieces of Black ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, they created a culture that influenced both civilizations. The first tomb ...

Critique of Ernst Zyhlarz," Zur Stellung des Darfur-Nubischen (Vienna, 1928). See also related article by K. D. D. Henderson in Sudan notes and records 14 (1) 1931 ...

This is the story of an archaeological rescue operation of unprecedented scale. In the midst of the Cold War, under the aegis of UNESCO, around fifty countries managed to put aside their differences ...

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The article discusses the genesis and significance of the Meroitic royal costume with special emphasis on the following issues: origins and meaning of the tasselled cord; the connection of the ...