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The 25th Dynasty refers to the kings of Kush (which included Nubia) who ruled all or part of Egypt from around 746 to 653 BC. This period parallels the Egyptian Third Intermediate Period (1070-653 BC). The Kushite kings of this period considered themselves the […] … Read More25th Dynasty, Ancient Egypt (ca. 746 BC to 653 BC)
Cairo, the current capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Middle East and Africa, has been a major cultural, religious and political center of the Arab, Islamic and African worlds for centuries. The year 2011 saw unprecedented civil and political upheaval in […] … Read MoreCairo, Egypt (founded ca. 969 C.E.)
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hassan Khalil al-Sisi, the current president of Egypt, was born on November 19, 1954, in Cairo, Egypt. His father, Said “Hassan” al-Sisi was a bazaar shop owner, and his mother, Soad Mohamed, was a housewife. Sisi attended the oldest and most […] … Read MoreAbdel Fattah al-Sisi (1954- )
[…] David Coblentz, use an African-headed Greek coin to explore the little known yet often controversially debated historical relationship between Ancient Greece and Egypt and by extension, the larger connections between Africa and Europe. Their article on their findings appears below. A tiny object can […] … Read MoreGreece and Egypt: How a Single Coin Reflects an Ancient and Enduring Relationship
In the late 1920s, Ophelia Settle Egypt conducted some of the first and finest interviews with former slaves, setting the stage for the Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) massive project ten years later. Born Ophelia Settle in 1903, she was a graduate of the University […] … Read MoreOphelia Settle Egypt (1903-1984)
As a six-year-old boy named Quetto, Michele Amatore witnessed his village of Commi in the Nuba Mountains of southern Sudan decimated by Egyptian soldiers and their leaders who profited from the slave trade. The oldest of four children, his father was a village chief named […] … Read MoreMichele Amatore (1826?-1883)
Both a pharaoh of Egypt and a king of Kush (in present-day Sudan), Taharqa (meaning “young man” or “young warrior”) was the son of Piankhi (or Piye), the king of the Kushites who conquered Egypt in 744 and founded its 25th dynasty that lasted […] … Read MoreTaharqa (?-664 B.C.E.)
Gamal Abdel-Nasser, the second president of Egypt, was officially appointed on June 23, 1956, and served until his death on September 28, 1970. Before becoming president, Abdel-Nasser was an Egyptian nationalist and prime minister. The first son of Fahima and Hussein Abdel-Nasser, Gamal was […] … Read MoreGamal Hussein Abdel-Nasser (1918-1970)