1000 BCE–350 CE · Africa · Empire
Nubian kingdoms south of Egypt developed powerful states, monumental cities and far-reaching trade; Kushite rulers governed Egypt as the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, while the Meroitic kingdom remained a major Nile Valley power into the early centuries CE.
Atlas dossier · Ancient WorldFree device narration · synchronized English captions · transcript available
Why it matters
Silent pan-and-zoom motion derivative of the Kush and Nubian kingdoms reconstruction; not archival footage.
Enlarge and examine the picturePrimary Atlas editorial reconstruction for Kush and Nubian kingdoms.
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Enlarge and examine the pictureDetail crop from the same Kush and Nubian kingdoms reconstruction; not an independent historical record.
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How Atlas classifies this artwork →
Enlarge and examine the pictureContext crop from the same Kush and Nubian kingdoms reconstruction; not an independent historical record.
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How Atlas classifies this artwork →Interpretation note
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