Nubia and Egypt 10,000 B.C. to 400 A.D. From Pre-History to the Meroitic Period--Larry Ross

"This is the first book to claim that the Black Nubians played an essential role in the rise of Ancient Egyptian civilization. Ross is the first scholar to argue that there is a shared origin of Nile Valley Civilization between Nubian and Egyptian cultures. Nubia today is known as the nation-states of Sudan and South Sudan, and has been misrepresented for thousands of years by Egyptian sources, which minimized the role the people played in world history. This book draws on recent archaeological findings that claim Pharonic symbolism, sacred bark, and serekh, are of Nubian origin, not Egyptian."

http://www.academia.edu/2446393/Nubia_and_Egypt_From_Prehistory_to_the_Meroitic_Period_10_000_B.C._to_400_A.D

http://mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=8623&pc=9

Nubian Jar in the University of Missouri Art and Archaeology Collection

The threads below show the mistakes the University of Missouri Art and Archaeology Museum continues to make about Nubia.

The black topped jar in the exhibit is dated 3900 BCE to 3150 BCE. Egypt became Egypt at approximately 3200 BCE. The jar is created in the Nubian style--and even if dating is not an exact science the range of years in the date given in the exhibit makes it a Nubian piece--not Egyptian.

Its time for the museum to correct its error and show the real origination point of the black topped jar.

See also:

http://historyofnubia.blogspot.com/2010/02/university-of-missouri-archeology.html

http://historyofnubia.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-mistakes-from-museum-of-art-and.html