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soleb temple again: or a better view
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_cVQn7t5rUAY/SfL8zcITL5I/AAAAAAAADgc/_AE2pfC34xI/IGB_9804.JPG

temple of soleb:http://lh3.ggpht.com/_cVQn7t5rUAY/SfL8zcITL5I/AAAAAAAADgc/_AE2pfC34xI/IGB_9804.JPG
this temple is located at the 3rd cataracts in northern sudan. the temple was built during the new kingdom pharanic era by the pharaoh Amenophis and his nubian wife queen tiye. the temple was dedicated to them and they elevated themselves as gods to the local people. amenophis and his wife queen tiye are the parents of Akhenaton and the grandparents to a unimportant, and insignificant pharaoh by the name of king tut.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/_graphics/non_gallery/amenhotep_tiy_temple.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/tiy.html&usg=__DWogZqu5jBewegtBatXUVkYjcRI=&h=150&w=200&sz=12&hl=en&start=134&um=1&tbnid=blQ-juXa9zdDNM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthe%2Btemple%2Bof%2Bsoleb%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2ADFA_enUS338%26sa%3DN%26start%3D126%26um%3D1

this temple complex or residence is very unique and it deserve our attention for further study and investigation. it is the great zimbabue. it is in the modern state of zimbabue and created by the shona people. i think the complex was created during the 10th or 15 century AD. needless to say, it is a architextual marvel to behold.

http://www.ondese.com/images/zimbabwe.jpg

i don't want to sound superstitious but this one nubian statue spook me out sometimes when i view it. it seems like that it is piercing in your soul somehow, as if it could speak. needless to say, the artwork is superb for it time. it is called the "Aegis of Isis. it was founded at the ruined temple of kawa in northern sudan and dated the late 3rd century B.C.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=ps233315.jpg&retpage=15171
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/a/aegis_of_isis.aspx

that is really cool tpia. what country is that carving in? very impressive, indeed
here is another temple in the sudan. it is called naqa, i think this was builted in the meroitic period, i guess during the time of Christ.


http://www.keep-searching.net/Diary_Notes/SE_Asia_Australia_Africa/pictures/Sudan/temple.JPG

this is the lion temple at "muswawwarat es sufra" in northern sudan
the person of the left is king Arenkhamani in the middle is the god Horus followed by the king wife in the right
i think this is what scholars consider the meriotic period in northern sudan.
http://wysinger.homestead.com/JB008807.jpg

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dignubia.org/maps/timeline/img/b0667b-kushite-queen.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.dignubia.org/maps/timeline/bce-0667b.htm&usg=__cCMPzfN7I3M4AQk4UjOPd1UlF-k=&h=300&w=152&sz=13&hl=en&start=49&um=1&tbnid=YQFa-uGsLXf2IM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=59&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstatue%2Bof%2Bamenirdis%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2ADFA_enUS338%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36%26um%3D1

http://www.mfa.org/zoom.asp?zoom=no&file=SC140061.jpg&fvalWidth=800&fvalHeight=800&captiontitle=Winged Isis pectoral&title= i believed this was a necklace of one of the pharaohs that ruled both egypt and sudan. it was found in the pyramid site of northern sudan, and it is now housed at the Boston museum. here is another pyramid from northern sudan taken from another angle, by some obsure tourist.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/waltercallens/3494533466/

lastly, this is a statuary of nubians queens and prietesses. the most well know is amunerdis, she was considered the wife of amun, i guess she would be similar to a nun.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dignubia.org/maps/timeline/img/b0667b-kushite-queen.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.dignubia.org/maps/timeline/bce-0667b.htm&usg=__cCMPzfN7I3M4AQk4UjOPd1UlF-k=&h=300&w=152&sz=13&hl=en&start=49&um=1&tbnid=YQFa-uGsLXf2IM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=59&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstatue%2Bof%2Bamenirdis%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2ADFA_enUS338%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36%26um%3D1

that is absolutely beautiful. what time period was that made? i like the form and structure of the material.

ok folks lets highlight our ancient monuments and art across the continent, and lets get to know each other cultures as africans. here is a few from my father homeland in northern sudan.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/133611081_7273b27f31_m.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/vithassan/sets/72157594264778397/detail/&usg=__x2lHWHUoY8RiUfmQYXsKJwp21YM=&h=176&w=240&sz=20&hl=en&start=21&um=1&tbnid=4GD9yHweQKggHM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=110&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnuri%2Bpyramids%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2ADFA_enUS338%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18%26um%3D1

http://www.flickr.com/photos/waltercallens/3494533466/
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_cVQn7t5rUAY/SfL8zcITL5I/AAAAAAAADgc/_AE2pfC34xI/IGB_9804.JPG
to amaka: here is a few monuments in the sudanese nile valley. i have to show them off, afterall i am part sudanese, but live in egypt for some time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=704bgzMUu7I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7PPzQzPsPw&feature=relatedhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dpyramids%2Bof%2Bnuri%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701%26fr2%3Dtab-web&w=500&h=333&imgurl=static.flickr.com%2F3119%2F3494533466_57788287ec.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fwaltercallens%2F3494533466%2F&size=111k&name=sudan+the+black+, &p=pyramids+of+nuri&oid=68faff53ea1edc20&fr2=tab-web&fusr=retlaw+snell, &no=14&tt=121&sigr=11m8fgdcv&sigi=11gbaitfa&sigb=131v2ejpq
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoJ7li-7Zwo
to amaka:it seems you have a interesting in nile valley culture, i found a few videos on you tube of upper egyptians, however the same ethnities that live in upper egypt, also live in sudan as well and even extends to eritea, for example, nubians, ababda, and other bejas. however, the lastly is a northern sudanese artist by the name of muhammed wardi, that is love throughout parts of upper egypt and the horn of africa even as far a yemen. personally, i think this is what pharaonic court music use to sound like. also since people rave about the egyptian pyramids, i think it is high time that some of the northern sudanese pyramids be on the spotlight :

to let you know "amaka", most somalis are not mixed with arabs. why do i say this? well, you have many people across that region that is not somalis that look quite similar. for example many ethiopians, northern sudanese, eritean, and upper egyptians like myself have the so called somalis look. we are part of the cushite race, which is one of the many blanches of the so called african races. however, i did meet many black people that are mixed with so called arabs, they hardly look like a horner.

in egypt it is the same shit. light vs dark. or muslim vs christian.

as a person from upper egypt in the edfu area or aswan governate, i agree with everything that everyone said here. it seems that bollywood along with the movie industry in egypt is color prejudice. and yes most of the people that live in upper egypt or southern egypt look no different from ethiopians, northern sudanese and somalis. we represent nearly 20 percent of the population, but hardly in our country media as if we are invisible, but we are quite visible in everyday life. yes, i do identify with the darkskinned people in india as far as not being represented.