this is the cache of meroitic candace amanishakheto found at the meroe pyramids site.

cushite pharaoh alamani

there are many pyramids in the nuri complex, some are well preserve while other are in ruin, however this picture of a local taking picture for tourist in nuri.

nuri pyramids from different angle. actually there is a person in the picture between the different pyramids and you barely see him. it give you an idea how large some of the pyramids are

ababda:

there are many pyramids in the nuri complex, some are well preserve while other are in ruin, however this picture of a local taking picture for tourist in nuri.

Hi can someone help me

three well preserve pyramids in nuri.

the three

the royal shawabtis or servant figures of taharka or tirhirah in the bible book of kings. they were his servants and suppose to serve him in the after life.

pharaohs of sudan and egypt 25th dynasty. they ruled egypt for over 100 years until the assyians.

ram head amulet, this was worn by late period nubian pharaohs. items made 712-657 B.C

ababda:

ram head amulet, this was worn by late period nubian pharaohs. items made 712-657 B.C

[img]http://comps.fotosearch.com/comp/IST/IST527/lost-wax-cast_~2326005.jpg[/img]



Rams head, Igbo-Ukwu in modern day Anmabra state, Nigeria.

zabdulai how may i assist you?

ezeagu that looks really nice, the material being used is metal correct?

ababda:

ezeagu that looks really nice, the material being used is metal correct?

Bronze, yes. 800-900 AD

Another Igbo-Ukwu pendant of with a serpent and eggs at the top (in this image the pendant upside down) 800-900 AD, I found this similar to the rays of Ra(?):



Notice the same position of the serpents head in both works, and also the endings of the rays in each of the works of art.

interesting, i find that very similar indeed.

pharaoh aspelta, his statue and cache was found in the pyramid complex in nuri. date 593-568 BC



http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wysinger.homestead.com/files/cr9.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wysinger.homestead.com/kingaspalta.html&usg=__cGCxOitIFaX5pbrdBQdgpBdkSoE=&h=450&w=353&sz=26&hl=en&start=113&um=1&tbnid=-fPXQWwtJvFlbM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dram%2Bstatues%2Bsudan%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2ADFA_enUS338%26sa%3DN%26start%3D108%26um%3D1

frescoe of a nubian bishop. his name is marianos this is dated 9th to 10 century AD, this is the christian period in sudan before the coming of islam. northern sudan became a islamic country around the 16th century. even then, it still had a large christian population until many either converted or joined the christian coptic community in egypt. where some of my ancestors went.

ethiopian christian of the madonna and christ, this is dated around the 13th century AD.

look and behold the gondar castle in ethiopia.

nubian death mask during the napatan and pharaonic period.

the great mosque of djenne in mali.

this is head of queen in Ife dated 12th or 15 century AD.

tada seat figure 13th to 14th century AD

yoruba king. they did not date this one.

Probably 1600's or 1700's

yoruba mask

the great zimbabwe dated 11th to 14th century AD.

nubian and egypt goddess hathor head crystal pendant this is dated 747-716 BC during the napatan period this was found in the cementary of el kurru in northern sudan.

arm winglet of a goddess during the napatan period around 716B.C, but i am not sure what goddess this is?

Some publications / books / monographs about antique, classical, ethnic, ethnographic, ethno-tribal, native, ritual, traditional, tribal, so-called "primitive" art from Sub-Saharan black Africa, published in the period 1960-1975: (nigeria included)

http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/african-art/african-art-books-1960-1975.html

yoruba art