#kushite

[worldwide-blackfolk]

@_africanhistory :

The Ten Commandments are a condensed version of the 42 Declarations of Ma'at from ancient Kemet, stripped of their original context and power.

[tyrannoninja]

Egyptian Table of Nations

This is my adaptation of an artistic sequence from the ancient Egyptian Book of Gates which compares the people of Egypt (or Kemet) with other peoples in their world. From left to right, the subjects are a Libu dude from the Mediterranean coast of Libya, a Kushite from the region of Sudan known as Nubia, a Semitic dude from the Palestinian region, and a native Egyptian. Of course, these are generalized representations of each regional group, as there would have been substantial admixture and blending between the different populations in real life (human variation being clinal and all that).

[bewaretheidiotsofmarch]

Instagram Ask : What are some of Cinna's likes?

[bideogaymes]

nonblack ppl piss me of so bad when talking about ancient (or even modern!) Egypt and try to differentiate the “race” of Egyptians with the arbitrary marker of “sub Saharan” Africans being coded as what we see as unambiguously Black features vs the popular modern day depiction of Egyptians as white/light skinned Arab and Central Asian ppls, when like Nubians, Kenyans, & Sudanese are very much still here and were very much a part of or originators of Egyptian society. it was an ethnically diverse area to begin with but ppl overlook or obscure North Africa’s history with Arabization and Arabic imperialism that definitely color what we believe to be the dominant ethnic groups and phenotypes representative of the area. it makes sense that coastal areas and continental land bridges would be phenotypically varied bc of trade routes and accessibility, but be fr, lol the carry and obscuring of phenotypically Black groups from these areas is ridiculous.

[dian-and-the-gods]

Images

So um I may have 'made' something. u/Eternalspace1969 made images of many egyptian deities and posted them on Reddit for free use. Considering there were none of Apedemak and Aman I decided to try my hand at editing some of his images to make their representations. So here they are!

Lord Apedemak

Lord Aman

and Lady Amesemi

He has uploaded his own drawings on wikimedia, I really recommend checking them out!

[its-ancient-history]

[spiritsdancinginthenight]

Gilded silver amulet shows the Kushite Queen Nefrukakashta being embraced and nursed by a goddess, probably Hathor. Nubian, Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye), c. 743–712 B.C. From el-Kurru, Ku 52 (tomb of Queen Nefrukekashta) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 24.928 The goddess wears the vulture headdress and a crown consisting of a diadem with bovine horns and the solar disc. A protective vulture flies above the queen, its claw resting on her royal uraeus cobra. https://egypt-museum.com/hathor-suckling-the-kushite-queen-nefrukakashta/

[akonoadham]