The Black kingdom of the Nile /

For the past fifty years, Charles Bonnet has been excavating sites in present-day Sudan and Egypt that point to the existence of a sophisticated ancient black African civilization thriving alongside the Egyptians. In The Black Kingdom of the Nile, he gathers the results of these excavations to revea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bonnet, Charles, 1933- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Colección:Nathan I. Huggins lectures.
Temas:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Nubia.
Archaeology and history > Nile River Valley.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Nubie.
Archéologie et histoire > Nil, Vallée du.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Antiquities
Archaeology and history
Excavations (Archaeology)
Kerma (Extinct city)
Nubia > Antiquities.
Nubia > History.
Nile River Valley > Antiquities.
Kerma (Soudan)
Sudan > Kerma (Extinct city)
Africa > Nubia
Nile River Valley
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Kerma, capital of Nubia: History of the expedition
  • The fortress at the beginning of early Kerma
  • The early Kerma City
  • The middle Kerma City
  • The classic Kerma City
  • The port area and temple
  • A royal tomb
  • Part 2. Dukki Gel, an African city, and the mnnw of Thutmose I: The site of Dukki Gel
  • The ceremonial city of Dukki Gel
  • A later intervention in Palace A
  • The Egyptian conquest of Nubia
  • The mnnw of Thutmose I
  • Fortifications
  • Egyptian temples and native cult installations***
  • Egyptian palaces
  • The resumption of power by the king of Kerma and his allies
  • Nubian and African remains after Thutmose I
  • Fortifications
  • Cult buildings
  • Part 3. Pnubs during the New Kingdom, Napatan, and Meroitic periods
  • Restoration of the mnnw by Thutmose II and Hatshepsut
  • Northern fortifications
  • Northwest gate and foregate
  • Southern fortifications
  • Egyptian temples and native places of worship
  • The palace of Hatshepsut
  • The second mnnw
  • Occupation of the territory by Thutmose III
  • Fortifications
  • Egyptian temples and native places of worship
  • A ceremonial palace
  • The ancient city of Pnubs, pacified
  • Remains of Thutmose IV at Pnubs
  • The Amarna reform
  • The main temple dedicated to Aten
  • The Ramesside occupation
  • The Kushite kingship
  • The Napatan kingdom
  • Dukki Gel in the Meroitic period
  • A reconstructed temple
  • The central temple
  • Two palaces.

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