Lost Civilization: NUBIA Team Members: Ibrahim Sadek, Mohamed Elawady Heriot Watt University School of Electrical and Physical Sciences 1
May 26, 2015
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Lost Civilization: NUBIA
Team Members: Ibrahim Sadek, Mohamed Elawady Heriot Watt University
School of Electrical and Physical Sciences
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Outline• Introduction
• Lost Nubian
• Nubian Culture – Clothing
– Housing
– Literature
• Nubian Arts– Media
– Music
• Nubian pyramids
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Outline• Introduction
• Lost Nubian
• Nubian Culture – Clothing
– Housing
– Literature
• Nubian Arts– Media
– Music
• Nubian pyramids
Introduction• Name:– It is most probably derived from the ancient
Egyptian word (“noob”) which means gold. It’s was known as the land of gold mines, ebony, ivory
• Location:– Southern Egypt and northern Sudan and divided
into two parts as follows:– Lower Nubia lies between the first and second
cataract in Egypt– Upper Nubia lies between the second and sixth
cataract in Sudan
• Language:– Native language is Nubian. However, most of
them speak Arabic
• Climate:– Temperature is almost high most of the year
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John A. Larson, "Lost Nubia: A Centennial Exhibit of Photographs from the 1905-1907 Egyptian Expedition of the University of Chicago", Oriental Institute of the University
of Chicago, 2005 4
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Outline• Introduction
• Lost Nubian
• Nubian Culture – Clothing
– Housing
– Literature
• Nubian Arts– Media
– Music
• Nubian pyramids
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Lost Nubian
Nubia: Lost civilization of Egypt, BBC News, March 2009
In 1960, the land of Nubia was subjected to flooding due to construction of Aswan Dam
"It was going to submerge all the area of Nubia - monuments, people, the landscape, everything,“ Costanza de Simone
The most famous perceived temples are Abu Simbel and Philae
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Outline• Introduction
• Lost Nubian
• Nubian Culture – Clothing
– Housing
– Literature
• Nubian Arts– Media
– Music
• Nubian pyramids
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Old Nubian Clothing (1905–1907 )
Two girls and a little boyCamel driver and his sons
John A. Larson, "Lost Nubia: A Centennial Exhibit of Photographs from the 1905-1907 Egyptian Expedition of the University of Chicago", Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2005
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Old Nubian Housing (1905–1907)
John A. Larson, "Lost Nubia: A Centennial Exhibit of Photographs from the 1905-1907 Egyptian Expedition of the University of Chicago", Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2005
House of the headman Sarkamatto village
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New Nubian Clothing
Nubian Women (2010)Nubian Man (2005)
Nubia and Sudan, Ancient World Collection, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University
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New Nubian Housing
Sohail Island (2008)
Nubia and Sudan, Ancient World Collection, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University
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New Nubian Housing
Sohail Island (2008)
Nubia and Sudan, Ancient World Collection, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University
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New Nubian Housing (interior)
West Sohail (2010)
Nubia and Sudan, Ancient World Collection, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University
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New Nubian Housing (interior)
West Sohail (2010)
Nubia and Sudan, Ancient World Collection, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University
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Nubian Literature
Christine Gilmore, "Situating the Nubian Awakening within the Arab Spring", Postcolonial Studies Association Newsletter No.10, Autumn 2012
Haggag Hassan Oddoul (1940-)
• Egyptian National Prize 1990• Sawiris Foundation Prize for 2005• Egypt Constitutional Committee Member 2013
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Nubian Literature
Idris Ali (1940-2010)
• Arkansas Arabic Translation Award 1997• Best Egyptian Novel 1999
Christine Gilmore, "Situating the Nubian Awakening within the Arab Spring", Postcolonial Studies Association Newsletter No.10, Autumn 2012
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Outline• Introduction
• Lost Nubian
• Nubian Culture – Clothing
– Housing
– Literature
• Nubian Arts– Media
– Music
• Nubian pyramids
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Nubian Media
Elizabeth Smith, "In His Heart and Soul He’s Egyptian, the Nile Flows through His Veins", Journal of African Art History and Visual Culture. Number 5 (Fall 2009): 123-39.
Bakkar (1998 – 2007)
First Egyptian-produced animated cartoon featuring Egyptian characters
From an early age he knows what it meansThat in his heart and soul he’s Egyptian
And the Nile flows through his veinsThe history of his land and country flows in
his bloodThat in his heart and soul he’s Egyptian
And the Nile flows through his veinsYoung Nubian-Egyptian boy (Bakkar)
with his pet goat (Rashida)
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Nubian Media
Ali El-Kassar (1887 – 1957)
First Egyptian actor presenting a Nubian character in theater & cinema
Nubian Character (Osman Abdel-basit)
Elizabeth Smith, "In His Heart and Soul He’s Egyptian, the Nile Flows through His Veins", Journal of African Art History and Visual Culture. Number 5 (Fall 2009): 123-39.
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Nubian Music
Natalie Abou Shakra, "Identity Politics and Resistance: The Case of Mohammad Mounir", BRISMES Annual Conference, London, 2012
Mohamed Mounir (1954– )Aka “The King”
Most popular Egyptian Nubian singer
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Outline• Introduction
• Lost Nubian
• Nubian Culture – Clothing
– Housing
– Literature
• Nubian Arts– Media
– Music
• Nubian pyramids
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Nubian Pyramids
Egyptian Pyramid
138 Discovered pyramids at EgyptBuilt by pharaohs
Big in size
Nubian Pyramid
255 Discovered pyramids at Egypt and SudanBuilt by kushites
Small in size
Bob Brier, “The Other Pyramids”, Archaeology, Vol. 55, No. 5, September 2002
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VIDEO
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Conclusion Nubia was known as the land of gold mines
A lot of Nubian people were moved because of the Aswan high dam construction
Some temples are preserved. However, a large number of villages have been disappeared
Nubian characters affect Egyptian culture
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Reference John A. Larson, "Lost Nubia: A Centennial Exhibit of Photographs from the 1905-
1907 Egyptian Expedition of the University of Chicago", Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2005
Nubia: Lost civilization of Egypt, BBC News, March 2009 Christine Gilmore, "Situating the Nubian Awakening within the Arab Spring",
Postcolonial Studies Association Newsletter No.10, Autumn 2012 Elizabeth Smith, "In His Heart and Soul He’s Egyptian, the Nile Flows through His
Veins", Journal of African Art History and Visual Culture. Number 5 (Fall 2009): 123-39
Natalie Abou Shakra, "Identity Politics and Resistance: The Case of Mohammad Mounir", BRISMES Annual Conference, London, 2012
Nubia and Sudan, Ancient World Collection, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University
Bob Brier, “The Other Pyramids”, Archaeology, Vol. 55, No. 5, September 2002
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