Sudan National Museum |
Ancient Columns at the entrance to the Sudan National Museum |
Sudan National Museum |
Archaeological Map of Sudan |
Archaelogogical Map of Sudan, Sudan National Museum |
Archaeological Map of the Nile Valley of Northern Sudan |
Ancient Egyptian sculpture |
Ancient carving of a lion, Sudan National Museum |
Sculpture garden, Sudan National Museum |
Sudan National Museum |
Ram with figure of King Taharqa from the Temple of Amun at Kawa, Sudan National Museum |
Colossal Kushite statues from Tabo, Sudan National Museum |
Colossal Kushite statues from Tabo, Sudan National Museum |
Colossal Kushite statues from Tabo, Sudan National Museum |
Colossal Kushite statues from Tabo, Sudan National Museum |
Gallery of Egyptian artifacts from Northern Sudan, Sudan National Museum |
Gallery of Egyptian artifacts from Northern Sudan, Sudan National Museum |
King Tharga (690-664 BC), Nubian Pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty |
Queen Amanimalil, "beloved of Amun of Napta who resides in the sacred mountain" |
King Tanutamani (664-656 BC) "beloved of Amun of Napta the Kushite Ruler to rule over Egypt" |
King Atlanersa (653-643 BC) son of Taharqa, from the quarries of Tumbs just above the Third Cataract |
King Atlanersa (653-643 BC) son of Taharqa, from the quarries of Tumbs just above the Third Cataract |
Fragment of a Stella of the Amanikhable with the gods Amun and Mut |
Female statue, Sudan National Museum |
Scupture of the ram-headed god Amon with the lion-headed gods Shu and Tefnut from Musawarat Al Safrra |
Sudan National Museum |
19th Century engraving of the Pyramids of Meroe |
Painted bottle from a funerary chamber |
Offering tables from a chapel of a Meroitic pyramid |
Painted pottery bowl from Faras |
Statuette of Horus, Sudan National Museum |
Pottery figure of Bes from Kawa |
Figures from Nuri, Sudan National Museum |
Shawabtis figure of Anlamani from Nuri |
Large sculpture found at Nuri |
Black granite Stele of King Siaspiqa (487-468 BC) from Pyramid #4 at Nuri |
Unfinished granite stela with statue of Osiris found in the chapel of the Pyramid of Senkamenseken at Nuri |
Wooden sarcophagus with funerary texts |
Baboon statue recovered from Temple of Amun erected by Tahargo at Kawa (684-680 BC) |
Sphinx, Sudan National Museum |
Black granite stela carved with hieroglyphics |
Black granite stela carved with hieroglyphics, Sudan National Museum |
Sudan National Museum |
Christianity flourished in Nubia for 800 years starting in the 6th Century |
The Christian site of Faras, seat of the kings of Nobatia, is on an island in Nubia between the 2nd and 3rd cataracts |
13th Century Archangel Raphael from the church of Abd el Gedir |
14th Century Archangel from the Cathedral of Faras |
Three Youths in a Fiery Furnace under the protection of the Archangel Michael, 10th Century, Petros Cathedral, Faras |
Late 10th Century Cross (Maiestas Crucis) from the cathedral of Faras |
Late 10th Century painting of Saint Psate, bishop of ancient Ptolemais who was martyred under Diocletian, from Faras Cathedral |
Early 8th Century painting of Ignatius, archbishop of Antioch, from the Paulos Cathedral in Faras |
Unidentified warrior described as a martyr, 12th/13th Century, Petros Cathdral, Faras |
Warrior, perhaps St. Merkuriuos, late 10th Century painting from Petros Cathedral, Faras |
The Queen Mother Maretha under the holy protection of the Virgin Mary, late 10th Centry, Petros Cathdral, Faras |
Late 10th Century Virgin Mary, Petros Cathedral, Faras |
Decorations from the western wall of the late 10th Century church of Sonqi Tino |
Part of the aspe composition of the 13th Century church of Kulubnarti |
Christian carving, Sudan National Museum |
Reclining figure with Christian symbology, Sudan National Museum |
10th Century Nubian image of St. John the Baptist |
Archangel Michael from Petros Cathedral, Faras, late 10th Century |
Archangel Michael from Petros Cathedral, Faras, late 10th Century |
Archangel Michael, 11th Centry, Petros Cathedral, Faras |
Mary and Child, early 11th Century, Petros Cathedral, Faras |
Kumma Temple, Sudan National Museum |
Kumma (Semna East) was part of the Second Cateract Forts 60 km south of Wadi Halfa |
Khnum, the ram-headed god, Kumma Temple |
Temple of Kumma - 1473-1400 BC (Hatshepsut, Thutmosis III, Amenophis II) |
Semna Temple built during the reign of Thutmosis III |
Semna Temple, dedicated to the Nubian god Dedwen |
Semna Temple, another part of the Second Cateract Forts |
Buhen Temple, built by Queen Hatshepsut (1473-1458 BC) |
Buhen Temple carvings with original paint |
Buhen Temple, dedicated to Horus |
Buhen Temple, dedicated to Horus |
Buhen Temple, Sudan National Museum |
Buhen lies on the west bank of the Nile ca 25 km south of Aksha |
Buhen Temple, 1473-1458 BC, Sudan National Museum |
Buhen Temple was rescued and relocated here upon the flooding of Lake Nasser |
Buhen Temple, 1473-1458 BC, Sudan National Museum |
Buhen Temple, 1473-1458 BC, Sudan National Museum |
Buhen Temple, 1473-1458 BC, Sudan National Museum |