"...{I}n 1906, the Egyptian Ministry of Public Works asked the eminent American Egyptologist George A. Reisner to organize an archaeological survey in order to record all of the antiquities in the region. This he did, in the process identifying for the first time several previously unknown cultures, strikingly different from Egyptian culture.
"Reisner returned to Nubia for further explorations in 1913 as the director of the Harvard University Boston Museum of Fine Arts expedition. First, he explored at Kerma, south of the Third Cataract in Upper Nubia. Here he uncovered Nubia's earliest imperial history--though he did not realize it. Despite his brilliance as an archaeologist, Reisner's convictions (or possibly, prejudices) got the better of his judgment, and he concluded that the massive brick structure known as the Deffufa and other monuments of Kerma were built by and for the Egyptian governors ruling the native population.
"In fact, the opposite was true: the Kerma people (2500-1550 B.C.) were so powerful that the Egyptians had to build a series of fortresses to protect Egypt's southern border, and the many Egyptian statues and other objects found at Kerma were not the representations of Egyptian "governors," but rather Nubian war trophies.
"In recent years a Swiss team returned to Reisner's old site and carried out systematic excavations at Kerma, revealing the remains of one of the largest and earliest urban centers in Africa--indeed, in the world--dating back to about 2000 B.C.)"
----Grzymski, Krzystztof.
Source:American Visions; Oct/Nov93, Vol. 8 Issue 5, p20, 6p, 2 charts, 5 color, 1 bw
And so once again The Nubian Detective finds something new. One of the world's first urban center ("one of the largest and earliest urban centers in Africa--indeed, in the world")--in Africa, in Nubia, and a powerful people they were.
And for the nonbelievers among you who think Africa held nothing for us--still holds nothing--the citation is above for you to investigate on your own.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
THE DAY AFTER COLUMBUS DAY
As I get more and more into Nubia, I discover things I only thought:
Get this one--
Africans crossed the Atlantic Ocean to trade with the new world as earlly as 7000 BC. In fact, some of the earliest inhabitants of the new world may have been West Africans who, it seems to me, were an offshoot of the Nubian Empire.
7000 BC--9000 years ago.
Check out the Washitaw people.
Check out the ancient cave drawings.
Africans may have even landed in California 10,000 years ago.
You can find out more from Paul Barton in the October 2004 issue of New Africa.
Now The Nubian Detective is in search of the very same journal cited above. Stay tuned...
Get this one--
Africans crossed the Atlantic Ocean to trade with the new world as earlly as 7000 BC. In fact, some of the earliest inhabitants of the new world may have been West Africans who, it seems to me, were an offshoot of the Nubian Empire.
7000 BC--9000 years ago.
Check out the Washitaw people.
Check out the ancient cave drawings.
Africans may have even landed in California 10,000 years ago.
You can find out more from Paul Barton in the October 2004 issue of New Africa.
Now The Nubian Detective is in search of the very same journal cited above. Stay tuned...
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Back to becoming the Nubian Detective
And still I'm on the trail of the Nubian empire--digging through contradictions, the rewriting of history, the way racists cannot believe white people were not always the best, smartest and strongest.
It's too bad.
Still I'm in need of more information and it's hard untangling what I have--books coming to me through two library systems, a lack of individuals returning phone calls, and even the Internet--interesting as it may be--contradicting itself.
So I'm back on the trail: Did Nubia come before Egypt? How old is the Nubian writing system? How can anyone with even an ounce of brains not realize people of color are all over the pyramids in art, hieroglyphics and ornamentation?
Stay tuned...
It's too bad.
Still I'm in need of more information and it's hard untangling what I have--books coming to me through two library systems, a lack of individuals returning phone calls, and even the Internet--interesting as it may be--contradicting itself.
So I'm back on the trail: Did Nubia come before Egypt? How old is the Nubian writing system? How can anyone with even an ounce of brains not realize people of color are all over the pyramids in art, hieroglyphics and ornamentation?
Stay tuned...
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THE THREE MODERN RELIGIONS
In 701BC, the Assyrian army attacked the Jewish settlements destroying everything in their path, but when they arrived--over twenty thousand strong--at one of the last outposts of Judaism, victory at hand, already surrounding the walls of the city and asking the government to surrender, suddenly they gathered all of their things and went into a great retreat.
Why?
The Nubians (then known as the Kush--African rulers who now controlled Egypt) attacked and the Assyrians could not run fast enough.
Thus an alliance between the Nubians and the Jews stopped the extermination of one religion which, as time went by, was instrumental in developing the other two modern day religions: Christianity and Islam.
Why?
The Nubians (then known as the Kush--African rulers who now controlled Egypt) attacked and the Assyrians could not run fast enough.
Thus an alliance between the Nubians and the Jews stopped the extermination of one religion which, as time went by, was instrumental in developing the other two modern day religions: Christianity and Islam.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
AMEN--Where does this word really come from
Amen comes from the Nubian God, Amun or Amen. Two spellings--a great God who looked after the people.
Amen is a Nubian God.
Interesting how we end all of our prayers with a salute to one of the Gods of Africa.
Amen is a Nubian God.
Interesting how we end all of our prayers with a salute to one of the Gods of Africa.
Nubia--and how we change history: Cowardly or Brave?
In 1850, a famous historian (I'm trying to find his name) claimed Egyptians and Nubians were white. This after the Greeks named the Nubians, Ethiopians which actually means burnt faced people or black.
Other historians reading Egyptian writings told of how Nubians were a cowardly and weak people. Yet Nubia with a very small population due to the geography of where they lived was able to keep invaders out of their nation for over a thousand years before Egypt with a very large army attacked. Perhaps when the Egyptians took on Nubia, the Nubians were very smart--why fight when the odds against you are so great?
Don't forget that Nubia under the name of Kush took over Egypt and ran it as the 25th Dynasty.
Don't forget when the Greeks defeated Egypt, they were not able to defeat the Nubians.
Strange how historians continue to change history to fit the needs of the class in power.
OK--they may not have been the first and oldest civilization if you base civilization on the ability to write, but they were there before the Egyptians, they survived in a very harsh environment, they were able to mine gold, metals and other minerals to create amazing works, and they had an incredible army that kept the nation safe for centuries.
Even the mythology of their religion predates Egypt.
Other historians reading Egyptian writings told of how Nubians were a cowardly and weak people. Yet Nubia with a very small population due to the geography of where they lived was able to keep invaders out of their nation for over a thousand years before Egypt with a very large army attacked. Perhaps when the Egyptians took on Nubia, the Nubians were very smart--why fight when the odds against you are so great?
Don't forget that Nubia under the name of Kush took over Egypt and ran it as the 25th Dynasty.
Don't forget when the Greeks defeated Egypt, they were not able to defeat the Nubians.
Strange how historians continue to change history to fit the needs of the class in power.
OK--they may not have been the first and oldest civilization if you base civilization on the ability to write, but they were there before the Egyptians, they survived in a very harsh environment, they were able to mine gold, metals and other minerals to create amazing works, and they had an incredible army that kept the nation safe for centuries.
Even the mythology of their religion predates Egypt.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Who Came First: Nubia or Egypt?
"From earliest times Egypt looked with covetous eyes at its neighbour Nubia, particularly on account of the raw materials to be round there. There was ivory and ebony, there were leopard skins and incense that the Nubian tradesfolk acquired from more southern countries. But above all there were the natural minerals: and there was gold, most coveted of all. incidentally, the word for gold in ancient Egyptian was 'nub'. Probably Nubia meant the Land of Gold (jacobins.mairie-toulouse.fr)."
The above comes from an article by the above author entitled: EGYPT IN NUBIA.
I have only one question: If Egypt was jealous of Nubia from its earliest times, then Nubia must have already been there to begin with. You cannot be jealous of something that is not already there and you probably would not be jealous of something that was not already prominent, rich and powerful.
OK--so the above was not a question, but it seems to me Nubia was first, not Egypt.
The above comes from an article by the above author entitled: EGYPT IN NUBIA.
I have only one question: If Egypt was jealous of Nubia from its earliest times, then Nubia must have already been there to begin with. You cannot be jealous of something that is not already there and you probably would not be jealous of something that was not already prominent, rich and powerful.
OK--so the above was not a question, but it seems to me Nubia was first, not Egypt.
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