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Kush and the Nile
A wordless journey up the Nile into the land of Kush — the river and its flood, the archers of Kerma, the sacred mountain of Jebel Barkal, the pharaohs from Kush, the pyramids of Meroë and the queens who faced Rome.
Chapters
On-screen text
- 0:07 The Nile — the road into Kush
- 0:50 Genesis says the Gihon encompasses Kush Tradition / scripture · Genesis 2:13; Josephus, Antiquities 1.1.3
- 1:20 Egyptians and Kushites saw the yearly flood as the god Hapi Historical record · Egyptian religious texts
- 1:59 Kerma, c. 2500–1500 BC
- 2:14 Egyptians called the land Kash, the Land of the Bow Historical record · Egyptian texts (Middle and New Kingdom)
- 2:44 Kerma built great mud‑brick temples called deffufas Historical record · Excavations at Kerma (Reisner; Bonnet)
- 3:13 Kerma kings were buried under vast round mounds Historical record · Excavations at Kerma (Reisner; Bonnet)
- 3:51 Napata and Jebel Barkal, c. 750 BC
- 4:06 Kushites believed Amun dwelt here Historical record · Jebel Barkal (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- 4:36 Piye conquered Egypt, 727 BCE Historical record · Victory Stela of Piye (Cairo JE 48862)
- 4:52 25th Dynasty ruled both lands Historical record · Egyptian king lists; Manetho
- 5:21 Taharqa appears in 2 Kings 19:9 Historical record · 2 Kings 19:9; Taharqa's inscriptions
- 5:45 Meroë, Kingdom of Kush, c. 300 BC
- 6:23 Meroitic script, c. 300 BCE
- 7:01 Temple to Apedemak, Naqa
- 7:39 The queens of Kush
- 8:10 Treaty with Rome, 25–21 BCE Historical record · Strabo, Geography 17.1.54
- 8:58 Acts meets an official of the Kandake Tradition / scripture · Acts 8:27
Sources
Historical record: Egyptian religious texts · Egyptian texts (Middle and New Kingdom) · Excavations at Kerma (Reisner; Bonnet) · Jebel Barkal (UNESCO World Heritage Site) · Victory Stela of Piye (Cairo JE 48862) · Egyptian king lists; Manetho · 2 Kings 19:9; Taharqa's inscriptions · Strabo, Geography 17.1.54
Tradition / scripture: Genesis 2:13; Josephus, Antiquities 1.1.3 · Acts 8:27
Sound: synthesized ambient (wind, drone, water) (CC0 — made by SoapBox). Made in 254 s of CPU.