More on Nubia

From the book, LOST NUBIA: A Centennial Exhibit of Photographs from the 1905-1907 Egyptian Exhibition of the University of Chicago, by John A. Larson.

"The earliest-known Nubian culture, called he 'A-Group,' flourished from about 3500 to 3100 BC....and our knowledge of them comes primarily from archeological excavations of their cemeteries...It is believed that the A-Group served as trading partners with the Egyptians by transporting exotic products from tropical East Africa through their territory to the Egyptian trading post...The A-group people seem to disappear from the archeological record about 3100 BC, during the time of the First Dynasty of Egypt (emphasis mine) (p. vii)."

In the book on page 25, a photograph showing reliefs of elephants and giraffes show one of the monuments created by the Nubians. James Henry Breasted who took the photograph wrote that it was done around 3000 BC.

Two questions: Is it not possible the A-Group became the primary members of the First Dynasty or at least serious consultants? Is it possible the A-Group were the First Dynasty Egyptians? Could they have heavily integrated the population to create the first Dynasty?

According to the book, little is known about the B-Group (pg. vii) that came after the A-Group. Is it not possible that some of the A-Group--or at least a large segment--remained in Nubia and that is how the monument Breasted photographed came to be?

An assumption: Egypt must have existed before the first Dynasty to be a trade partner with Nubia and Nubia must have developed before Egypt due to its developed trade with much of Africa. It appears to me Nubia developed trade with Egypt--not the other way around.

Who came first--the Nubians or the Egyptians?

Your Nubian detective is still on the search.