It gave rise to one of Africa’s earliest civilizations ... the goddess of truth. Kushites believed this recorded a person’s good and bad deeds and determined if the king’s soul could ...

Africa boasts a rich and complex history ... which rose to prominence during the early first millennium B.C. The Kushites not only traded with Egypt but also conquered it. During the 25th Dynasty ...

This perspective carries some colonial prejudice, overlooking the development of sophisticated civilization, industry and culture deeper within Africa. “One of the pitfalls of this kind of work is ...

The Kushites ruled during a golden age of cultural ... are a reminder of a forgotten empire that shaped the history of Africa and the ancient world. Their neglect is a loss not just for Sudan ...

one of Africa's earliest civilizations that flourished between the 8th century BCE and the 4th century CE. The Kushites emerged as a dominant force in the region in the 8th century BCE.

“Africa is the birthplace of humankind itself ... even by the modern Sudanese themselves. And yet the Kushite kings built 1,000 pyramids, as well as some of Egypt’s monuments, among many ...

This episode in Africa's past has often been ignored but ... The great smelting tradition of the Kushite Kingdom of Meroe (around 500 BC) did not spread either further west or towards the south ...

Kushites built pyramids for the dead from around ... The Kingdom of Kush was the first urban society in sub-Saharan Africa. It lies in what is now the Republic of Sudan. Dates of when it was ...

Emerging as a major power in the eighth century BCE within the region of Nubia – which stretched from Aswan in Egypt to Khartoum in Sudan – the Kushites even ruled over ancient Egypt during ...