Nubian

The Nubian region begins just south of Khartoum in the Sudan, where the Blue and White Nile join, and is linked to Egypt by the Nile River.

Dates

c. 7000 B.C.E.–today

Places

Africa > North Africa > Egypt, Sudan

Basics Works of Art Periods, Cultures, Styles

Nubian

The Nubian region begins just south of Khartoum in the Sudan, where the Blue and White Nile join, and is linked to Egypt by the Nile River.

Dates

c. 7000 B.C.E.–today

Places

Africa > North Africa > Egypt, Sudan

Basics Works of Art Periods, Cultures, Styles

Basics to get you started

Medieval Nubian Kingdoms, an introduction

The Kingdom of Kush in ancient Nubia, an introduction

Meroitic period of the Kingdom of Kush

Reimagining Africa’s place in Byzantine art history

Works of Art

Bishop Petros from the Cathedral of Faras

late 10th century

A 5th-century Nubian chest: rethinking artistic centers in late antiquity

4th–6th century C.E.

Pylon of the Nubian Lion Temple at Naga

c. 1–20 C.E.

Pyramids of Sudan

900 B.C.E.–300 C.E.

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Periods, Cultures, Styles

Ancient Nubian

c. 2500 B.C.E.– 360 C.E.