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notice from some of the faces of older people that facial scarification is applied to their cheek area of their face.this practice is common throughout africa especially in countries such as nigeria. how it is that people that live thousands miles apart, but share a common practice, is it coincidence or a shared common origin. you decide and drop me a comment on this trend and lets finally get to the bottom of the matter.

this is a interesting little reach about northern sudan, they show some pictures of ruins.

http://www.lightmediation.net/blog/podcast/2008/february/the_nile_de_kingdom.pdf

more common faces of the sudan

again more pictures of sudan diversity.

female ba statue found in northern sudan and is now housed in the british museum.

inside the temple of" mut wife of amun" in northern sudan.

madlady @Poster, Once again thanks for this wonderful thread.



thank you madlady, i really appreciate your nice words. thank you again madlady.

those of the many faces that are the sudanese people from many different regions of the country. we have ethiopic faces, ancient egyptians faces, bantu faces, nilotes faces, berber faces, and so called west african faces. we have all of african in one country, trying to live side by side and co exist as one people.

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these people come from different areas in the sudan but you will see them well represented in the cities.

more of the country diversity

sudan is one of the most diverse countries on the african continent. the diversity is something to behold and it is mindboggling. here is some of the most common faces you as a visitor will see in sudan.

at the center of the christian crown, you will notice a ram. the anicent nubians and egyptians represented the ram as the nile god amun.

Royal Crown, Found in Ballana, Nubia, 3rd-4th Century
this is during the tradition from the meroitic period to the christian period
notice that the crown still retain ancient religious iconic symbols, and this was during the christian period.

great zimbabue

One of the eight soapstone bird sculptures found at Great Zimbabwe. Photo courtesy of Great Zimbabwe National Monument.

inside a temple in the complex of musawarrat es sufra.

Painting of Nubian Queen with the Virgin and Child In an early 12th century painting, the Virgin and Child stand with Queen Martha of Nubia, holding a crucifix, and an unnamed martyr. The painting was uncovered on the north wall of the Christian Basilica founded probably in the late seventh or early eighth century at Faras, formerly the capitol of the northern Nubian kingdom of Nobatia. The area was later flooded by the waters of Lake Nasser. Photographed at Faras, Sudan, 1963.

if you want to learn more about the history of nubia christian period, here is the link. i hope you enjoy it.

http://rumkatkilise.org/nubia.htm

These paintings show very strong Byzantine characteristics, and are further evidence of the deeply rooted influence which the Byzantine church must originally have had in Nubia. The illustration shown he (FIG. 4) from the church at Faras is of a bishop, almost certainly the bishop of Faras, who may well have been the senior bishop of the Nubian church. He is shown in full vestments, which are very similar to those then in use in the Orthodox Church. An unusual feature is the series of what are apparently bells sewn round the hem of his cope


Bishop Petros dated (924-999) with St Peter the apostle this is now housed in warsaw poland.

queen qalhata burried in the tomb of el kurru in northern sudan. dated 7th century BC.

behold the pyramids field in igboland.

the carving on the wall is king Arekhamani, the nile god Horus and the king wife. this is dated 235-218BC