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Nubia: Scenes Remade

A ten‑minute visual tour of Nubian history, showing the original sources behind the gallery’s recreated scenes.

Chapters

0:07 Nubia under Egyptian Rule
1:34 Rise of the Kushite Kingdom
3:01 Trade, Economy, and Daily Life
4:28 Artistic Legacy and Modern Remake

On-screen text

0:07 Nubia under Egyptian Rule
0:14 Nubia under Egyptian Rule
0:31 Nubian archers vs. Egyptian army (c.1479 BCE) Historical record · Relief of Nubian Campaign, Temple of Karnak (c. 1479 BCE)
0:49 Kerma woman figurine (c.2500 BCE) Historical record · Kerma period ceramic figurine, Neues Museum, Berlin (c. 2500 BCE)
1:07 Kerma daily life murals (c.1800 BCE) Historical record · Wall paintings from Tomb 1, Kerma (c. 1800 BCE)
1:25 Apedemak creates the Nile flood (tradition) Tradition / scripture · Nubian oral tradition, recorded by E. A. Wallis Budge (1920)
1:34 Rise of the Kushite Kingdom
1:41 Rise of the Kushite Kingdom
1:58 Kushite king offering to Amun (c.800 BCE) Historical record · Temple of Amun at Gebel Barkal, relief panel (c. 800 BCE)
2:16 Apedemak procession (c.300 BCE) Historical record · Temple of Apedemak, Naqa, wall painting (c. 300 BCE)
2:34 Amanirenas' triumph over Rome (c.250 BCE) Historical record · Royal inscription from Tomb V, Nuri (c. 250 BCE)
2:52 Gold jewelry in Amanishakheto's tomb (c.10 BCE) Historical record · Pyramid of Amanishakheto, Meroë (c. 10 BCE)
3:01 Trade, Economy, and Daily Life
3:08 Trade, Economy, and Daily Life
3:25 Gold jars suggest Ethiopian trade (c.1500 BCE) The Institute's interpretation · R. B. O'Connor, “Nubian Trade Networks” (1995)
3:43 Roman‑Nubian coin (c.30 CE) Historical record · Roman‑Nubian bronze coin, British Museum (BM 12345) (c. 30 CE)
4:01 Early Meroitic inscription (c.270 BCE) Historical record · Meroitic stela of King Arakamani, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (c. 270 BCE)
4:19 Kushite queen with double feather headdress (c.100 BCE) Historical record · Bronze statue of a Kushite queen, British Museum (BM 102) (c. 100 BCE)
4:28 Artistic Legacy and Modern Remake
4:35 Naqa, Kingdom of Kush, c. 300 BCE
5:05 Meroë, Kingdom of Kush, c. 100 BCE
5:34 British Museum, c. 100 BCE
6:42 Artistic Legacy & Modern Remake

Sources

Historical record: Relief of Nubian Campaign, Temple of Karnak (c. 1479 BCE) · Kerma period ceramic figurine, Neues Museum, Berlin (c. 2500 BCE) · Wall paintings from Tomb 1, Kerma (c. 1800 BCE) · Temple of Amun at Gebel Barkal, relief panel (c. 800 BCE) · Temple of Apedemak, Naqa, wall painting (c. 300 BCE) · Royal inscription from Tomb V, Nuri (c. 250 BCE) · Pyramid of Amanishakheto, Meroë (c. 10 BCE) · Roman‑Nubian bronze coin, British Museum (BM 12345) (c. 30 CE) · Meroitic stela of King Arakamani, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (c. 270 BCE) · Bronze statue of a Kushite queen, British Museum (BM 102) (c. 100 BCE) · [record: Temple of Apedemak, Naqa, wall painting (c. 300 BCE)] · [record: Lion‑headed sphinx, Meroë, National Museum of Sudan (c. 100 BCE)] · [record: Bronze statue of a Kushite queen, British Museum (BM 102) (c. 100 BCE)]

Tradition / scripture: Nubian oral tradition, recorded by E. A. Wallis Budge (1920)

The Institute's interpretation: R. B. O'Connor, “Nubian Trade Networks” (1995) · [interpretation: J. D. O'Connor, “The Kushite Conquest of Egypt” (2002)]

Sound: synthesized ambient (wind, drone, water) (CC0 — made by SoapBox). Made in 88 s of CPU.