Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
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Once a powerful, sprawling presence in Northern Africa, the ancient kingdom of Nubia now lies buried beneath mounds of red brick rubble in the Sudan.
Forgotten by history and largely neglected by archaeology, its cities have lain buried for centuries, harboring priceless secrets of a civilization that once rivaled Egypt.
Join world-renowned archaeologists Julie Andersen and Salah Ahmed as they unearth Dangeil - a thriving Nubian city that once sat at the juncture of several prominent trade routes.
While excavating a massive temple to the god Amun, the team makes a surprising discovery that could solve the mystery of why the city was abandoned.
Nubia has always fascinated me , a wonderful civilisation.
Some poster above commented about how whites are obsessed with proving ancient Egyptians were white. Really? Most whites I know could really care less.
What I find humorous is how your ilk screams that ancient Egyptians were black, ancient Greeks, Romans, Vikings, Aztecs, etc according to you were all black.
Even if they were, most whites (99%) could really care less. So what's the point?
Am a Nubian from Nuba mountains in Sudan, I am so proud for this article and the videos. It's true that Nubian kingdom was the strongest kingdom in Africa, it only collapse after egyptians and Arabs invaded Sudan from the north Sudan and after a heavy resistance from Nuba people collapse and also due colonization of Sudan by the Britians that Nubians were displaced from their ancient kingdom to their current regions which is Nuba mountains. Though Egypt had a kingdom it can less be compared to Nubian kingdom. A dream of restoring Nubian kingdom will soon be realized. PROUD TO BE A NUBIAN AND AN AFRICAN.
Why is the quality so bad on this? Having tough time getting interested when everything has a very pixelated look :(
Civilization goes back 200 million years they have found clay pots
and human bones that date to 200 million years ago. The scientific community will not except facts that make them or their idols look like fools. Check out " The Origins of Man" on you tube with Charlton Heston. Milton they were all colors black brown lighter, the big thing people never realize was Ethiopia was as tough as Egypt, they have monuments in Egypt that tell how they pushed back the Ethiopian armies, Ethiopia has the Ark of the Covenant in one of it's churches.
All the Churches in Ethiopia have what they say is the real Ark of the Covenant. No Joke, Ethiopia has a great history.
Let's get this out there. The charade is over, you fooled us ha, ha but the jokes on you. The original Egyptians are black (Gee Surprise, I'd have never guess, blacks in all parts of Africa?) Just like the original Hebrews (Now called African Americans among other Afro-names during the transatlantic slavery) ((I can hear the butts puckering now)) are. Once all this stuff gets out to mainstream and they see that what has been said for at least 100 years is actually true and people become smart enough to connect the dots, there will be many difficult questions answered and more asked. Stuff like this among other things are secrets of the elites so certain groups of people stay in power. Read your Bible, read about history from legitimate sources and review archeological findings and you will see yourself that what has been told is not true.
honestly, the comments really ruin any enjoyment you could have of this video. a documentary should be watched without bias so you can actually learn something - if you go in with a solidified opinion, what's the point in watching? so many documentaries i have passed by based on a peer review system because people can't keep their personal thoughts separate from intellectual.
i personally loved that i came to this documentary to learn about an ancient african city & subsequent culture and the very first comment is calling "white people" "psychopaths". what does this have to do with the quality of the video posted? if an anglo-saxon came across this; would this comment make them want to learn more about a continent occupied by mostly dark skinned people or turn them completely off from opening their mind because they were already judged & lumped together based on a couple of comments on the internet.
even if only 80% of this documentary is true; the _images_ of them excavating & handling the area are absolutely true. and very few of us actually have a chance to see these areas in our life - i think it's sad to be insulted & berated upon just opening the page for wanting to know more about a certain topic.
The first form of long distance communication other then smoke was the Rock Gong. I love it.
I can't even watch it because it's somehow not working. I click the play button and nothing happens, and this only happens with the google videos not with the youtube videos. what is the deal?
Nobody can say, with any certainty, what color or race people were 5-10,000 years ago. For that matter, the scientific evidence is scant, but accepted because the authority of experts and past scholars is accepted by the ignorant, who wish to have their own views reinforced. Peace be with all of you.
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Its interesting but i am sorry the thing that just made me go insane was the fact that she found a piece of rock and went , yes this was a weapon ... i am sorry ANYTHING could have been a weapon and could have been able to smash up a sandstone statue to bits ... it just annoys me how they dont think outside the box...
ancient Egyptians were black? Most ignorant i***** think of ape like features everyone in african is black Egyptians looked like the people of axum Sudan,and somalia some may have been mixed but their features stay the same. the oldest human remains were found in Ethiopia the features of the remains look exactly like the people of the horn.
I am nubian :D sudanese <3
Fascinating stuff!
If they weren’t killing each other in a perpetual civil war for the last 50 years maybe more excavations could have been done.
They flirt with the idea of the great knowledge of what is now called Egypt, belonging to black/melanted people, this is info that has to be fed to the public slowly. For if they gave truth all at once, the masses would be overwhelmed, and the white supremacy that comforts so many would be scathed. Let's start here...you at least know they were not white, ok children? Nubia HAD to be one LIVE ass place though! lol
Why are white people so obsessed with proving to others that Egyptians were not black? Even though there is overwhelming evidence proving that they were without ARGUMENT. I'm really starting to think white people are some kind of psychopaths....I mean, I could understand a person of Arab descent arguing whether or not the Egyptians were black. But why are white people so concerned with us? It truly makes no sense...I'm telling you these psychopaths (white people) are obsessed with black people...
Iam Nubian proud to be from,Wadi Halfa
I am Nubian and i am proud to be,all these comments about my civilization are very useful things,Murad
realy great work show us the nuhia history thanks for u
As soon as the comemtators stated that the nubians were "Africans" in order to deferentiate them from Egyptians i knew couldnt watch this documentary any longer. In case the commentator doesnt know this, but egyptians were and are Africans too. Perhaps he was more specifically hoping to stress the ridiculous point that Egyptians were "not" black Africans , a claim which i do not happen to accept due to the overwhelming evidence that proves quite the contrary. All people of acient african history were black africans except for the time when eygpt was invavded by arabs much later.
A very well made documentary. The well placed music and narration makes it that much more fascinating!
great job!
I simply loved watching it and i was also able to learn so much at the same time. As a film student myself, i look forward to making such great documentaries myself in the future :)
What is the meaning of the name Egypt? Was or is Egypt in Africa? was or is what you call Nubia in Africa? were ancient egyptians black or white? What race were the people of Nubia? Is it a problem to admit that ancient Egyptians were not anly africans but NEGROES meaning what people call: BLACKS?
This region wasn't always the desert it is now. At Nubian times it was all green, the scattered locations of the monuments indicate that movements between one site to another was not as difficult as it is now. The Nubians,who were a strong empire had a choice of locations, if the land was as harsh as it is now, they would not have stayed where they are.
I repeat the comment from above, Egypt and Nubia are both black civilizations and so were the early Greeks, man started life in Africa, therefore we are all African, so no need for all this bickering we are all relatives on one another and all from African decent.
I am not sure whether the civilization was destroyed by an invasion or as result of desertification. Perhaps it might have been the Nubians who destroyed their temples as they moved North/ South/ East and West of the Sudan.