₦airaland Forum

the obelisk stelae is in northern ethiopia

axumite obelisk stelae

the allege throne room of queen sheba, however according to historian the hall was constucted a later date.

Yeha temple of the moon, this temple is dated during the 5th century bc, it about 2500 years. this temple is in northern ethiopia

this is the point i was trying to make to you ezeagu. this is written by the guardian magazine in britian.

The image of ancient Sudan that entered western consciousness was that of Egypt's colonised African neighbour, subdued by a stronger, Mediterranean culture. But this exhibition explodes that myth of Nubia as passive recipient of Egyptian culture. The relationship between Egypt and the kingdom of Kush or Kerma was so complex, it hurts your head.

Any serious archaeology exhibition is difficult, and this one insists on complexity. You spend a lot of time trying to understand timelines. There were powerful kings in Sudan before contact with Egypt developed. Like the pharaohs, the rulers of Kerma expressed their power through elaborate funerals. Instead of building pyramids, they practised human sacrifice: sometimes hundreds of servants would be buried alive with their master.

Far from simple conquest, the relationship between ancient Egypt and Sudan was one of exchange and influence. Not only did independent rulers survive, they eventually took over Egypt itself. From 1650 to 1550BC, a weak Egypt was dominated by the rulers from the south. It was after this period that the New Kingdom (1550-1069BC) struck back and conquered the land of Kush. But by then it was almost [b]irrelevant who ruled who; culturally, this was one region.

There is no easy way of telling, in this exhibition, what is purely "Egyptian" and what is Kushite[/b]. Only the stone tells you these marvellous sculptures are Sudanese. The desert is in them. Magnificent things: a seated statue of a ruler who might be Shelley's Ozymandias, but is in fact Amenhotep I. A sandstone lion. A four-sided relief from the Temple of Amun at Naga, orange, hot, with falcon-headed Horus and ibis-headed Thoth. British eyes, though, are bound to fix on one of the very last exhibits:

like i mentioned before the history of egypt and especially northern sudan is very interwine, from the statuary of the pharaohs it is hard to tell who from who. that is why i refuse to say ancient egypt or ancient nubia. now i call the shared histories of both countries nile valley civilization, which makes more logical sense.

egyptian writer alaa aswany. written book called chicago was a best seller world wide. social critic especially against the government and religious fanatism

upper egyptian young girl prepares meal for family, and boy fall asleep at the temple of horus in edfu upper egypt.

more of egyptian people. however, a barber shop in the middle of the streets in downtown cairo

people of egypt

more diversity in egypt

man at work in luxor egypt

chinese tourist having fun at wedding receptions in luxor egypt

man sowing clotes in luxor, kids having fun in home in aswan egypt.

well, ezeagu we are all human afterall, in other words, you will find some whites that resemble blacks or other black people looking similar to your relatives that is only natural.

locals from aswan egypt shows tourist a good time.

ezeagu where do you live england or america?

man working at the karnak temple in luxor

she reminds you of one of your relatives?

cute kid in luxor egypt

diversity within egypt

Not saying she doesn't, there are Igbo girls who look Ethiopian, Sudanese etc

interesting.

well, they try to make it as levantine arab as possible to satisfy the europeans, or the dominant class in egyptian society today.

what people don't realize that the history of egypt and sudan is very complex and interwine, many kings from northern sudan ruled egypt and i am not only the 25th dynasty. in other words, egypt and sudan is like your brain, if you get rid of one half of the brain your body won't fuction, however if you put those part together it will fuction in harmony. that is a case with egypt and northern sudan. it is the case with egypt and sudan. however, the young girl looks very ethiopian and northern sudanese, that is my opinion.

in all honesty ezeagu, i really don't know. i feel people need to get out and travel more.

so i lied.

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i think this will be egypt in a nutshell.

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the beauty of the diversity that is egypt

egypt diversity