Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Located in the desert sands near the Nile in modern Sudan, the ancient culture of Nubia played a decisive role in shaping Egypt from the eighth century B.C., serving as that kingdom’s 25th ...

When people think of ancient civilizations ... created sophisticated astronomical alignments in what is now Egypt's Nubian Desert between 7000-3400 BCE. In fact, their stone circle construction ...

Since 1250 B.C., the seated colossi of Abu Simbel have stared fixedly across the Nile and the Nubian desert toward the rising ... leaving their ancient site under 200 f of turbid water.