The remains, dating back 3,500 years, could change the history of the Egyptian pyramids.Scientists previously believed that pyramids were exclusive tombs for pharaohs or nobles, but the discovery ...

AN important philological discovery is announced from Berlin. Profs. Karl Schmidt and H. Schafer, who are well known for their work in connection with Coptic literature and. Nubian antiquities ...

A view of the royal Nubian necropolis at Nuri, with the pyramid of King Siaspiqa (r. 487–468 B.C.) in the center foreground. Photograph by Pearce Paul Creasman, Nuri Pyramids Expedition ...

THE manner of formation of the famous Nubian sand-stone has been a matter for controversy for a century. This may be partly attributed to its wide geographical distribution (extending over 30° of ...

Archaeologists once viewed ancient Nubia as separate from and inferior to Egypt. But research is now showing the Nubians had their own rich culture that powerfully influenced the land of the pharaohs ...