Infants and children in Nubia not only received multiple tattoos, which shocked researchers, but the practice also predated ...

Ancient Nubian civilizations practiced something that might shock modern sensibilities - they tattooed the faces of infants and toddlers as young as seven months old. A new study using advanced ...

Facial tattoos have been found on the mummified remains of children who lived in Nubia some 1,400 years ago, when ...

Ancient Nubians who lived between the 7th and 9th centuries tattooed the cheeks and foreheads of their infants and toddlers.

Circular mounds of rocks dot the desert landscape at the archaeological site of Tombos in northern Sudan. They reveal tumuli – the underground burial tombs used at least as far back as 2500 B.C. by ...

Often our identity is comprised of many factors and many influences. Identity in the world of ancient Egypt is no exception. During Egypt's 25th Dynasty, Nubian kings occupied the pharaonic throne and ...

They detected tattoos on 27 people of various age groups and both sexes in the collection. The examinations suggested that ...

Timothy Kendall, a fellow at Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute and an expert in Nubian Studies, has conducted numerous archaeological expeditions of ancient sites in Egypt and the Sudan.

Did you know that the greatest number of ancient pyramids lie within the borders of Sudan and not Egypt? Although often overshadowed by ancient Egypt, the powerful Kingdom of Kush and its medieval ...

When building in dry-stone, Nubians and Egyptians used different techniques to construct walls. Wadi es-Sebua has been used as a type-site for C-Group Nubian settlements. Its exterior wall exhibits ...

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