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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 ...

The expansiveness of the galleries immediately catches one's eye. That, and the way the Museum of Fine Arts uses a massive 10,000-square-foot exhibition called "Ancient Nubia Now" to set the record ...

George Reisner gave the MFA the best collection of Nubian objects in the world. He also saddled it with a racist stain that the museum is determined to undo. In the early 20th century, the Harvard ...

The Penn Museum is temporarily closing two of its most revered galleries this fall to make way for some dramatic changes. The Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries will close Nov. 6 so the museum can ...

“We went to the graves of our ancestors for the last time,” said Sheik Ahmed Mardani. “The women and children cried and we tried to console them, but we” knew our homes were lost and our lives changed ...