"Meri-Amun"

"Then his majesty prevailed against them at the head of his army, and when they saw his majesty prevailing against them they fled headlong to Megiddo in fear, abandoning their horses and their chariots of gold and silver." His majesty made a great slaughter among them

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Nice blog.

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Traditional Nubian house in Gharb Sehel - Aswan

بيت نوبي تقليدي بقرية غرب سهيل - أسوان

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Egyptians from Waset(Luxor)

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Yam and expansive Kingdom

            From Dakhla down to Yam? – New Light on the Abu Ballas Trail Rudolph Kuper, Frank Förster, Heiko Riemer When the Abu Ballas Trail was discovered in 1999/2000, this most ancient Egyptian desert road was followed up by Carlo Bergmann from Dakhla Oasis as far as the Gilf Kebir plateau and subsequently investigated and documented by the ACACIA Project of the University of Cologne. Its final destination, however, remained a matter of speculation: Kufra (as Almásy suggested)? Darfur? Or via Jebel Ouenat to Ennedi? Now in 2008 Mark Borda and Mahmoud Marei found in south-eastern Jebel Ouenat a hieroglyphic rock inscription mentioning the founder of the Middle Kingdom, Pharaoh Mentuhotep II (11th Dynasty, 2046 - 1995 BC), and two countries bringing “tributes” to him: Yam and Tekhebet(en). This brings up again the much-discussed question about the location of Yam, recorded as the target of the trade expeditions of Harkhuf, 6th Dynasty governor of Upper Egypt, and placed by most authors somewhere in Nubia. Now it may be located 600 km west of the Nile Valley in Jebel Ouenat itself (?) or even further south in Darfur or in the Ennedi mountains in Chad, impressively demonstrating ancient Egypt’s far-reaching political ties and another “Corridor to Africa”.

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conversation of two sisters by ~hallah-fattah

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مليش عنـوان ..حمزة الدين

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Mace Head Of King Narmer

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Egypt, Luxor, Karnak Temple

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North Ethiopia: Feast Day of St. Mary, Aksum/Axum (by travelswithsheila)

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Gold hilted bronze dagger from the tomb of the Ancient Egyptian princess Ita

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Meroe, Sudan by _desertsky on Flickr.

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Ancient Egypt. 5 Neolithic flint tips, roughly carved surface in various colors. 3000 BC (1 ¾”- 1 ¼”)

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Ancient Egyptian War Chariot

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The Kandakes of Kush.

Kandake, also known as Candace, Kendake or Kentake was the title for queens and queen mothers of the ancient African Kingdom of Kush, also known as Nubia and Ethiopia. They were known as Nubian warrior queens, queen regents, and Ruling queen mothers. They controlled what is now Ethiopia, Sudan, and parts of Egypt. They co-ruled the Meroitic with their brothers (not their husbands), a trait of matrilineal societies. They were buried with rich treasure in their own pyramids. Reliefs dated to about 170 B.C. reveal Kandake Shanakdakheto, dressed in armor and wielding a spear in battle. She did not rule as queen regent or queen mother but as a fully independent ruler. Her husband was her consort. Reliefs found in the ruins of building projects she commissioned, Shanakdakheto is portrayed both alone as well as with her husband and son, who would inherit the throne by her passing. One of the most well known Kandakes was Amanishakheto known for defeating the Roman invasion of Nubia by Augustus and subsequently brokering a favorable peace treaty. Conclusion The “Kandakes/Candaces” serve as examples of women as powerful figures or clever strategists in their roles as queens, as warrior queens, or as romantic figures, they have had great appeal in times past, and will continue to do so in this present era of feminist or humanist interest in the subject.

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 References: Nubian Queens in the Nile Valley and Afro-Asiatic Cultural History - Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Professor of Anthropology, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston U.S.A, August 20-26, 1998 

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Saqqara, Egypt   2010 Dogs resting  near the step pyramid of Djoser.