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again this is the complex of musawaratt es sufra, however, many scholars are trying to speculate what the complex was use for. some scholars have speculated that it was probably use for train elephants, due to the elephant statuary in certain areas of the complex, others say it is possible it is a religious pilgrimage due to the the many temples and rooms in the complex, however, recently some scholars have speculated it may be a university, if that is the case, it would be one of the first on the african continent. however until the meroitic language is deciphered, we won't know the purpose of this stucture. .needless to say, as of now, i hear restorage is taking place of the complex. maybe in a few years once the dust is settled this will be another karnak like egypt, which attracts millions of tourist every year. hopefully we have a light show.

lion temple is dedicated to the ancient nubian lion god apedemak, it is within the "musawarrat es sufra complex". this is just one of the many temple in the complex. this is northern sudan not egypt.

benin ivory mask dated around the 16th centuy. the mask is the oba(king) of benin, i think?

this Ba head statue is dated during the meroitic period in northern sudan around 2nd century AD. some people observe the similarity the ba statues in sudan with that of west african art particularly nigeria. some may wonder where did this ideas flow from east to west or west to east. other speculated mainly africanist that some west african groups actually migranted from the nile valley to present day west african.

this is a rebuilted mock up temple from northern sudan probably semna temple but now moved to the khartoum national museum due to the aswan dam project in egypt back in the 60's

boy relaxing inside the musawarrat es sufra complex, photo taken by tourist maybe boy was posing for them. i don't know, however this complex is absolutely huge. as we speak now, part of the complex is being restored by germans with the help of UAE money. this is in north sudan not egypt.

boy relaxing inside the musawarrat es sufra complex, photo taken by tourist maybe boy was posing for them. i don't know, however this complex is absolutely huge. as we speak now, part of the complex is being restored by germans with the help of UAE money.

prince Horemakhet son of pharaoh shabaka and high priest of amun. dated statue from 701-690 BC.

this was a temple but later converted into a church during christian period, but elements of the old pagan temple have been found. so they are escavated to further find out what god this temple was dedicated to. northern sudan

this was a temple but later converted into a church during christian period, but elements of the old pagan temple have been found. so they are escavated to further find out what god this temple was dedicated to. northern sudan

wooden stool, ghana they date it 18th or 19th century.

el kurru tomb. this photo looks very good in black in white of the local gatekeeper of the tomb.

philae at night. if you visit the temple of philae they actually have night shows, in many different languages. the show last about 1 hour more or less. i hope when sudan develop tourism for it temples or ruins, we will have light shows such as these.

this is the temple of philae or Isis located in egypt today. this area was actually the first nome in ancient egypt and it is also the border of ancient nubia. however this area have shifted direction north and south throughout nile valley history. it is interesting even today the 3 million or more inhabitants in the aswan governate which includes edfu, kom ombo, esna is nearly predominately cushite extraction. that includes the nubians arabize and not arabize, beja groups, ababda, and mix saidee with the groups just mentioned. so, isis is originally a nubian or cushites deity, hence the location of the main cult center which is located in nubia today. however, the foundation of the complex was builted by the nubian pharaoh taharqa, and it was later expanded by Ptolemaic, Roman, Meroites. A modern visitor will notice many meroitic writing in the temple, and even today the ancient meroitic or nubian writing is not decipher yet.

throughout nile valley history nubians or cushites in both sudan and egypt played a very dominant role as priest in various temples in both countries. so it would not be surprising to have this same group of people spreading their religious concepts to other areas of the world. this roman fresco depicts the cultural exchanges that took place, it shows nubian priest leading the service of the isis temple in rome. the priest is depicted wearing a white tunic, it is quite obvious that they are indeed nubian. however, among the most devoted followers of the cult at that time was roman emperior Nero and Caligula.

more of el kurru

organize tour group with local doing guided tour to el kurru tomb. northern sudan

yoruba art

ezeagu: don't worry about it, i just misunderstood you. you are right with all these categorizations of africans in many groups, it can make one head spin. white anthropologist have us going around in circle because of perceive differences of physical appearences. This can make one head spin.

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

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.

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

yoruba mask

yoruba king. they did not date this one.

tada seat figure 13th to 14th century AD

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

the great mosque of djenne in mali.

nubian death mask during the napatan and pharaonic period.

look and behold the gondar castle in ethiopia.

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

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.

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



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