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Apparently, Durham is not only modern Sudan. Medieval Nubia has also trickled in here at the Oriental Museum!!

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The Durham School. Not like any other school. With a gate like no other gate. And a rare dedicatory inscription!

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Bunad, Identity and Ahmed Umar - Norsk Institutt for Bunad og Folkedrakt

Bunad, Identity and Ahmed Umar - Norsk Institutt for Bunad og Folkedrakt

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Plunderers of lives, treasures, memories, identities…

Sudan’s national treasures have been stolen – we spoke with the director of museums

The war in Sudan has seen the looting of the country’s museums. Heritage boss Ikhlas Abdel Latief speaks about the losses.

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Giving Bergen a Sudan edge:

Preserving Sudan’s cultural heritage

Dr. Khalifa Omer is turning a unique collection of old Sudanese manuscripts and documents into an online catalogue. This meticulous wo...

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Enjoy your weekend!

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It’s more than the colors of the flags that link Sudan and Palestine:

From Palestine to Sudan: Solidarity with Our Students — American Anthropologist

By Nisrin Elamin (University of Toronto)

Thanks to @zetaxekalakiworld-blog for sharing this.

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Don’t use this book to find the Nubianism, but rather to try and find humanism…

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From: https://archeowiesci.pl/en/creations-of-power-depicting-the-royal-family-and-clergy-in-medieval-nubia-in-louvre/?trk=public_post_comment-text

On October 17, the Louvre Museum will host the premiere presentation of the interdisciplinary scientific project “Creations of Power: Depict

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Memories from Nubia encased in memories from France…

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An Egyptian President Once Spoke to Nubians in Their Own Language

Spurred by his father’s memories, a journalist went in search of a moment with personal and national significance

An extremely fascinating Nubiological research to resume our Nubianisms.

Thanks to Robin Seignobos for informing me about this article.

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Were Nubians of the Middle Ages responsible for the extinction of the Hydrus?

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1942 – Kuwaiti scientists discover Arabic manuscripts in Athos

A Kuwait University team has discovered rare manuscripts written in Arabic at Mount Athos. The scientific mission, which included history Professors Dr Abdulhadi Al Ajmi and Dr Mohammad Al Marzouqi…

Imagine if they discover some Old Nubian manuscripts at some point also!! But they haven’t found any yet in Sinai though. And hardly any outside Nubia - hmmm.....

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The British Library was recently abuzz with the news that Codex Amiatinus — the oldest surviving copy of the complete text of the Latin Vulgate Bible — will be returning temporarily to Britain in 2018 for our Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition. Another important early medieval pandect Bible (containing the entire Bible...

A citation from “The Carolingian Quest for the correct text of the Bible” that either went unnoticed by Christians in medieval Nubia or they became too focused on orality:

‘Correct carefully the Psalms, the signs in writing …, the songs, the calendar, the grammar …, and the catholic books; because often some desire to pray to God properly, but they pray badly because of faulty books’ (translated by Paul Edward Dutton, Carolingian Civilization: A Reader, 2nd edn., Toronto, 2009).