After the Nubian pharaohs lost power, they retreated south from Egypt to form the Kingdom of Kush, which thrived in splendid isolation as the rest of Egypt suffered through repeated invasions from ...

The Kingdom of Kush also conquered Egypt and ruled as the 25th Dynasty from 744 to 656 BCE. Christian Nubian Kingdoms: Before the spread of Islam in the region, Sudan was predominantly Christian.

But this approach ignores the emergence further south on the Nile of the kingdom known to the Egyptians as Kush, in the region called Nubia - the area now covered by southern Egypt and Northern Sudan.

yielding a detailed view of Nubian society and the burial customs of a new African Empire. The cemetery is the largest known non-royal burial ground from the Napatan period (8th-4th century BCE) of ...

and developed the "Kush: Lost Kingdom of the Nile" exhibition for the Brockton Museum. Dr. Kendall has authored many articles and books on ancient Nubian archaeology and culture and contributed to ...