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Copper tribute blades
Before the introduction of imported scrap metal and coinage …
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Jubba, a cotton tunic with appliqué panels
There was increasing unrest in the nineteenth century in the…
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Quilted cotton horse armour
In the armies of the great empires in the savannah regions t…
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Terracotta water vessel in the shape of a head, by Mbitim
Water vessels of this kind were devised at the end of the ni…
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Pottery and dung vessels
Pottery bowls of animal dung and water are made by unmarried…
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Meroitic stela
This stela is one of a pair found at Hamadab a few kilometre…
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Sudanese slit drum
By 1885 he had established the Mahdist State, and although h…
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Aegis of Isis
The term aegis is used in Egyptology to describe a broad col…
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Black polished incised ware cup
The handmade pottery produced by C-Group craftsmen is highly…
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Bronze bowl
This bowl was made from a metal sheet, beaten into shape ove…
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Fineware cup with frogs
The fineware pottery produced by Meroitic craftsmen is extre…
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Fineware painted cup
Meroitic graves often included fragile bowls, jars and cups.…
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Granite statue of Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa
Taharqa was the last major king of the Nubian Twenty-fifth D…
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Kerma ware pottery beaker
The cultures of Kerma flourished between about 2500 and 1500…
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Red sandstone relief from the pyramid chapel of Queen Shanakdakhete
The royal cemetery at Meroe has given the name 'Meroitic' to…
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Red slipped amphora
Fineware bowls, cups and jars were often placed in Meroitic …
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Sandstone offering table of Malewitar
Meroitic offering tables tend to be roughly square in shape,…
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Sandstone offering table of Qenabelile
Meroitic offering tables tend to be roughly square in shape,…
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Sandstone offering table of Tasamerekh
Meroitic offering tables tend to be roughly square in shape,…
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Sandstone stela of Amenhotep III
It became customary for Egyptian kings to leave some sort of…
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Sphinx of Taharqo
The face is that of Taharqo, whose name appears on the carto…
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Multiple incense burner
Pots are made primarily for cooking and the storage of food …
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Head of Augustus
In 31 BC he defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the battle…
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Sandstone frieze
Little is known of the period after the Meroitic state colla…
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Glass kohl tube in the form of a palm column
Eye-paint (kohl) was an important cosmetic for the ancient E…
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Great bascinet
European armour underwent important changes in the fourteent…
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Faience perfume vase in the shape of a lotus bud
This beautiful vase was found in a plundered part of the cem…
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Red granite lion of Amenhotep III
This lion is one of a pair collected from the Meroitic site …
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Sandstone stela of year 1 of Sety I
The site of Buhen had been occupied by the Egyptians since t…
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Cross of Timotheos
Nubia was converted to Christianity by a missionary expediti…
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The Semna dispatches
The kings of the early Middle Kingdom (2040-1750 BC), and in…
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Report by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge to the Trustees of The British Museum
Between December 1898 and January 1899, Wallis Budge visited…
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