Famous Ancient Warriors

Ancient and modern Nubia: Women and traditions at risk

Nubia’s strategic importance arises from the fact that it is the only continuously inhabited corridor between the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa, which in many ways has shaped its history.

In 1960, when the HIGH DAM was built in Egypt, the whole Nubian territory was flooded, together with hundreds of artifacts and temples.

Among The most famous temples that the UNESCO saved are the ABOU SIMBEL temples, that Ramses II dedicated for his 19th wife Queen Nefertari. Her likeness appears on the walls of her temple in her Nubian costume and giving offerings to the cow goddess Hathor, the goddess of motherhood, fertility and beauty.           As the divine right of the king passed from god to ruler, there was no room for a female figure. However, Nubian queens were depicted at the event of sacred birth. Examples are many. Queen AMANISHAKHETO, appears with Hathor (goddess of motherhood and beauty), while wearing a panther’s skin like a warrior. This is one of many examples where queens presented themselves as warriors in front of gods and goddesses. Nubian queens were trusted servants to NU. According to legend, NUT is the mother of Isis, Osiris and Horus. The artisans of this era connected the queens with the cowrie shell, a shell used as currency for trade.

In art, this shell was thought to symbolize the vulva and, by extension, verbal communication.  Since women were allowed to speak freely, the Nubian artisans connected the art of verbal communication and the cowrie shell, with the ruling queens. And just as the Aswan Damn in the 1960’s flooded ancestral lands and antiquities, displacing more than 120,000 Nubian people in Egypt, traditions and the Nubian way of life are once again at risk, as plans to build the Kajbar Dam along the Nile river in Sudan will flood the ancestral lands of Nubians, who lived along these shores for centuries.

Anwaar Abadallah Khalik Ibrahim has her Ph.D. from Ain Shams University (1999, first degree honour) and currently lectures on Civilizatin and Curlutral Affairs for Helwan University.  Dr. Abdalla Kahlik Ibrahim also works as an official coordinator for the cultural exchange program between Helwan Uni and TSU in the USA entitled “Cultural Immersion 2011-2014.

terracotta army » Ancient Soup Near Xian's Famous Terracotta Warriors

In 1974, Chinese farmers happened on the vast Qin dynasty tomb complex near Xian while digging a well to help combat a troublesome drought. About three meters down, they hit fragments of what turned out to be the remains of one of the now famous army of Terracotta Warriors . Through ongoing excavations at the complex that have continued ever since, archaeologists have unearthed a total of more than 8,000 Terracotta Warrior statues that date back all the way to the year 221 BC. Earlier in the year, Chinese archaeologists unearthed 114 more Terracotta Warriors in one of three pits in the tomb complex. The statues were found broken in many brightly colored pieces alongside weapons, pots, and other items. Xu Weihong, head of the research team, told the China Daily newspaper it took the team at least 10 days to restore just one warrior to its original form. In 2007, China loaned a small sample of artifacts from the tomb complex for a major exhibition at the British Museum in London. In addition to the Terracotta Warriors, museum curators were anxious to show the public a diverse range of new discoveries from the complex, including life-size acrobats, civil officials, bronze birds, and stone arms, terracotta warriors replica . The exhibit turned out to be hugely popular with the public, with large presales, long lines and wait times, and greatly extended viewing hours.

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