Ancient Nubia Now: How Egyptologists Removed Ancient Egypt from Africa

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRL6EDWfqMs

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TLDRThe video's narrative explores the shifting perspectives on ancient Nubian culture and its relationship with ancient Egypt. Historically, Egypt was emphasized as the pinnacle of ancient civilization, often at the cost of downplaying Nubia's significance. This biased view was supported by early archaeologists influenced by their cultural backgrounds and the biblical studies framework, which sought to align Egypt with a Western context by marginalizing Nubia as 'other,' often through racial interpretations. Depictions in Egyptian temples painted Nubians as subjugated, but archaeological evidence tells a more integrated and complex story of relationships between Nubians and Egyptians. In recent decades, the field of Egyptology has moved away from Eurocentric interpretations, allowing for a reassessment that acknowledges the importance and distinct cultural contributions of Nubia. The video also discusses findings in Kurma, indicating that owning Egyptian art signified power in Nubian society.

Punti di forza

  • 🔍 Nubia is being re-evaluated as equally significant to ancient Egypt.
  • 📜 Early interpretations often separated Egypt from Africa using racial lenses.
  • 🗿 Archaeological evidence shows integration of Nubian and Egyptian cultures.
  • 🏛 Modern Egyptology acknowledges Nubian culture's distinct importance.
  • ⚖ Reassessments are crucial in correcting historical biases.
  • 👥 Official and unofficial ancient Egyptian views differed significantly.
  • 🏺 Artifacts indicate Nubian admiration or appropriation of Egyptian art.
  • 📚 Interpretations have evolved with changing academic perspectives.
  • 🌍 The Nubia-Egypt dynamic reflects broader cultural integrations.
  • 🕵️‍♀️ Archaeologists' cultural contexts influenced their findings.

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    "In recent years, Nubia is increasingly being recognized as an equally significant ancient culture to Egypt. Unlike previous interpretations that diminished Nubia's role, modern archaeologists are reassessing previous biases that separated Egypt from Africa based on racial lines and placed it within a Western, Semitic context. This shift is also allowing a truer representation of Nubian culture."

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Domande frequenti

  • What is the traditional view of ancient Egyptian and Nubian cultures?

    Traditionally, ancient Egypt has been given prominence over Nubia, often viewed as an adjunct rather than equally significant.

  • How did race play a role in the historical interpretation of Egypt and Nubia?

    Early archaeologists used race to separate Egypt from Africa, aligning it with Western culture, while Nubia was portrayed as purely African.

  • Why is reassessment important in archaeology?

    Reassessment is vital to challenge past biases and cultural baggage that early archaeologists might have integrated into their interpretations.

  • What was the official view of Nubia according to ancient Egyptian records?

    Official views showed Nubians being dominated and enslaved, as depicted on temple walls, but this conflicted with archaeological findings indicating significant integration.

  • How does modern Egyptology view the relationship between Nubia and Egypt?

    Modern Egyptology acknowledges Nubia's independent significance and its integration with Egypt, contrary to past perceptions.

  • What did George Reisner find at Kurma?

    He found a large statue of Sennefer and a partially destroyed statue of her husband, Amenhotep, indicating status and power.

  • What cultural significance did the statues found at Kurma hold?

    The statues suggested powerful ownership and may symbolize cultural appropriation or admiration.

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    Egypt has always traditionally been
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    given prominence as as the height of
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    ancient culture Nubia is now coming into
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    its own and is being understood to be of
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    equal importance it is different from
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    ancient Egypt but it is equally
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    important and not just an adjunct to
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    this Egyptian culture what
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    archaeologists do when they pull
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    material from the ground or when they
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    translate texts they bring their own
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    cultural baggage to that interpretation
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    and and the baggage of the times that
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    they live in and so it's imperative that
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    we go back and continually reassess the
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    the things that we take as facts many of
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    the early archaeologists came to the
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    study of ancient Egypt and ancient Nubia
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    from the perspective of Semitic
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    languages or the study of the Hebrew
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    Bible and it was very important to them
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    to bring Egypt specifically into the
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    sphere of biblical studies and so they
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    had to carve Egypt away from Africa to
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    bring it into that sphere and the way
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    that they did that was they used race so
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    these early archaeologists effectively
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    made ancient Egypt white in the sense
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    that they made it part of a dominant
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    Western culture and ancient Nubia was
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    separated from that it was black and
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    this was how they took Egypt out of
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    Africa and put it into this the Semitic
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    sphere this biblical sphere and it's
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    only in recent decades the last three
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    four decades that Egyptology has really
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    moved away from that and scholars who
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    are studying Nubia are really given the
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    chance to give a voice to this nubian
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    material that it wasn't given much of a
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    chance to have in the past someone asks
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    me what was the ancient Egyptians view
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    of
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    X I immediately think of two a
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    two-pronged view because the ancient
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    Egyptians had an official view of many
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    things and this is the view that would
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    be put up on the walls of temples and on
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    the walls of the tombs of the elites
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    that was an official let's say state
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    sanctioned view that bored little to no
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    resemblance to what people actually may
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    have thought it was the official view so
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    when you look at Nubia on though as
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    depicted on the walls of temples in
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    Egypt you will see Nubians being crushed
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    under the chariot wheels of the king you
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    will see Nubians being dragged back to
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    Egypt enslaved what we see on the ground
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    in terms of archeological evidence is is
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    quite different we seen people who had
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    Nubian names people who were using
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    Nubian material culture living within
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    Egypt working in Egypt marrying people
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    with Egyptian names so something quite
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    different from the the very intense
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    militaristic scenes that you see in
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    temples when George Reisner excavated
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    kurma he found the statue large
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    beautiful statue of sin OE and also a
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    statue partially destroyed of jaffa
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    happy her husband it was a very large
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    tomb and with size in Egypt and in Nubia
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    we tend to assume ruler or someone very
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    important which usually translates to
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    ruler we now understand yes this was a
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    rulers tomb it is a completely different
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    time period than Jaffa happy and Senna
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    we lived in much later we understand it
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    to be a local ruler so it was ackerman
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    official who for reasons we can guess
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    that brought or had these two statues
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    brought to karma and put in his tomb it
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    could have been an appropriation of
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    Egyptian culture in general just to show
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    that yes I can own these things that are
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    Egyptian wonderful works of art because
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    what what we're saying if you read
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    between the lines is whoever owns these
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    statues is a powerful person and that
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    means this art has power
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    you
Tag
  • Nubia
  • Egypt
  • Archaeology
  • Culture
  • History
  • Race
  • Egyptology
  • Integration
  • Reinterpretation
  • Art