Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Located in the desert sands near the Nile in modern Sudan, the ancient culture of Nubia played a decisive role in shaping Egypt from the eighth century B.C., serving as that kingdom’s 25th ...

When people think of ancient civilizations ... created sophisticated astronomical alignments in what is now Egypt's Nubian Desert between 7000-3400 BCE. In fact, their stone circle construction ...

In its 3,000-year history as a state, ancient Egypt had ... possible in an otherwise harsh desert environment. Through their shared history, Egyptians and Nubians also came to worship the same ...

Feb. 12, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Follow archaeologists as they discover a long-lost ancient cemetery in Egypt’s sacred ...

What we know of this early society changes and is re-intepreted year by year as new archaeological finds discovered beneath the desert sands revise our understanding of ancient Egypt. This web ...