Monday, September 15, 2014

Nubian Museum

A visit to the Nubian museum to see the surviving artifacts from drowned Nubia...









 




A wee little baboon

Tiny little figurines from precious stones.

Very precise metal work... Horse bits.

An old bronze shield


 
Looks remarkably like a Chinese lion statue???


Looks like an artichoke to me





Female "fertility" figurines?

Scarab beetle jewelery

Domestic cats and dogs are frequently seen in the art of the area
 
 
 
 
Hand axes ... Exact same shapes and forms as the ones in South America.

Very old "pre-civilization" pictograms



The last era in Nubia was a Christian one.


Some beautiful gold jewelery





Copper anklets