Nubian kings ruled Egypt for less than 100 years. Their influence lasted centuries. Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century.

(Isaiah 37:9, 2 Kings 19:9 ) The Nubian’s were ordained by God. After the invasion of Egypt by Syria the Kushite Pharaoh was victorious and regained control of Egypt.

But in the eighth century B.C., Nubia turned the tables on its former colonizers. Its armies marched 700 miles north from Jebel Barkal to Thebes, the spiritual capital of Egypt. There the Nubian king ...

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 ...

September 13, 2023 Penn Museum to overhaul its Ancient Egyptian and Nubian galleries as part of 5-year renovation project The new display space will include 30-foot-tall columns from a pharaoh's ...

Two monumental pylons form the entryway to the temple of Isis at Philae, which was built by the pharaoh Ptolemy II beginning around 260 B.C. Reliefs on this pylon depict the pharaoh Ptolemy XII ...

The very lifeblood of the ancient Egyptian and Nubian cultures—the Nile—also likely brought a range of debilitating diseases upon the civilizations. And the mummies are now telling us all ...