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  1. A new study drilled 26 sediment cores beneath an ancient Sudanese capital and found 12,500 years of Nile history. The geology explains why Napata, heart of the Kushite empire, lasted over a millennium. #Archaeology #AncientNubia #Kush anthropology.net/p/what-the-ni

  2. The One-Eyed #African Queen Who Defeated the #RomanEmpire

    Cocky male monarchs underestimated #QueenAmanirenas for her gender, her race, and her disability. Each time, they did so at their own peril.

    Adhiambo Edith Magak
    Sep 22, 2021

    Excerpt: "The legendary Roman emperor #CaesarAugustus was on the Greek island of Samos, preparing for an important expedition to Syria, when he received envoys from the Kingdom of #Kush, in present-day #Sudan. Journalist Selina O’Grady records in her book And Man Created God that the ambassadors presented Augustus with a bundle of golden arrows and relayed this message: 'The Candace sends you these arrows.' (Candace was the Latinized spelling of #Kandake, the Kushite term for 'queen.')

    "They added that the emperor had two options for how to view the offering: 'If you want peace, they are a token of her warmth and friendship. If you want war, you will need them.'

    "For an African queen to give such an ultimatum to the most powerful man in the world would have been considered a serious insult. After all, #Augustus had almost single-handedly transformed #Rome from a republic to an empire, and the territory he now reigned over stretched from as far as northern Spain, through to parts of central Europe, and all the way to Egypt. His legions wore bronze breastplates and wielded spears, swords and javelins, all much superior to the hatchets the #Kushites carried as weapons. In addition, Kush had many natural resources — such as gold mines, iron and ivory — that could have enriched the treasuries of Rome, enticing Augustus to attack, even without the insult.

    "But this Kushite queen — whom the Greek geographer and historian Strabo of Amasia described as 'a masculine sort of woman and blind in one eye' — had proved to be a formidable foe for the 'son of god,' the title given to Caesar Augustus on Roman coins. He received the bundle of arrows from the envoys and promptly signed a peace treaty.

    "In truth, this was not so much a treaty as it was a surrender. Augustus submitted to all of the demands made by Queen #Amanirenas, including that the Romans withdraw from all Kushite territories they had occupied and pledge that they would never again seek to collect taxes or tributes from her kingdom.

    "It was a remarkable concession for the world’s most powerful man, demonstrating just how feared and respected the one-eyed queen truly was."

    Read more / listen:
    narratively.com/p/the-one-eyed

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/PGd0v

    #AfricanQueen #RomanHistory #PowerfulWomen #AfricanHistory

  3. La jirafa era un animal ausente en el arte de las élites, pero no así en el pueblo llano. Se ha mostrado en la cerámica del Nilo medio desde tiempos prehistóricos (6000-4000 a.C.) hasta la Edad Media. Durante la conquista de la región por Egipto durante el Imperio Nuevo, su representación disminuye, pero aumenta en Egipto como criatura exótica, popularizándose una última vez durante reino de Kush (780 a.C.-350 d.C.). 🏛️Museo Británico 📷Loretta Kilroe #antiguoegipto #ancientegypt #kush #nubia

  4. En torno al 320 d.C., Ousanas, rey de Axum, habría invadido el reino de Kush. En Meroe, dos inscripciones griegas declaran la conquista que habría convertido a Kush en un reino vasallo de Axum. #kush #axum #nubia

  5. Dr Loretta Kilroe will join us at our March meeting in Witham (2nd March, IN PERSON) to give a talk on "The Giraffe and its Place in Symbolic Vocabulary in the Kingdom of Kush" (1/5)

    #ancientEgypt #egyptology #ancientHistory #kush #giraffe

  6. Quiosco romano de Naqa, en el reino meroítico de Kush, construido durante co-reinado de Amanitore y su hijo Natakamani (1-20 d.C.). No era un lugar de venta de periódicos y ni golosinas, sino de culto a Hathor, esposa de Apedemak, cuyo templo se construyó al lado. #nubia #kush #arquitectura #architecture

  7. #JokaPäiväVoiOppiaJotainUutta, ja äsken tässä taas BBC Worldiä kuunnellessa opin #kush-huumeesta, jota käytetään Länsi-Afrikassa, ja siellä on ihan #kriisi asian tiimoilta.

    Ja, että tämän #huume en yksi osa on ...

    ...

    ihmisluut!

    Tämä tiemmä tehostaa vaikutusta, että mukaan on jauhettu ihmisten luita.

    Tiedä, mistä ne #luut sitten ovat peräisin.

    KVD:llä eli ei kuukletilla, vaan ankkaselaimella tuli tämmöinen artikkeli.

    #huumeet #päihteet #Afrikka #LänsiAfrikka

    theconversation.com/kush-what-

  8. Hey fedi people, do you need some stickers?
    You could donate and get a mixed pack from us sent home!
    Coming from conservative Bavaria, these stickers bring different ideas to the streets. Beautify your neighborhood and oppose conservative and far-right politics.
    Donate 5+€ or what you are able to and send the address to us over element/matrix or email.

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    Hey liebe fedi Menschen, braucht ihr noch Sticker?
    Gegen Spende bekommt ihr von uns einen Mix nach Hause geschickt!
    Aus dem konservativen Bayern bringen diese Aufkleber andere Ideen auf die Straße.
    Verschönere deine Nachbarschaft und stell dich gegen konservative und rechtsradikale Politik.
    Spende 5+€ oder was du geben kannst und schicke deine Adresse über element/matrix oder Email an uns.

    #Stickers #Sticker #NeedForStickers #trans #Antifa #ClimateJustice #TaxTheRich #depol #Kush

  9. It's the #DayOfAres / Mars' Day / #Tuesday! 🗡️

    For #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm introducing African deities in my daily god toots. #Apedemak was a war god worshipped by the Meroitic peoples inhabiting #Kush (modern #Sudan). He was often depicted with a male human torso and a #lion head but has no Egyptian counterpart. He is considered a god of conquest, military prowess, and empire and is involved in the process of electing and legitimising new leaders, as seen in the Temple of Musawwarat es-Sufra.

  10. This is one of my #Afghan #cannabis plants & it's pretty healthy so far. I got it for free from a local friend. It produces Afghan #kush buds 😊👍

    It's in my greenhouse.

  11. forward.com/culture/554785/how

    I am a long-time fan of old school #CountryMusic, but not the corporate-style #BroCountry of folks like #JasonAldean. It is sad that #CountryRadio continues to play his hatemongering cliche-ridden crappy pseudomusic.

    Of course, thankfully we do have the growing #Americana music format, which I enjoy on stations like #KUSH (1600 Am in Cushing, #Oklahoma) and #KNBT (which I listen to online since it is in #NewBraunfels, #Texas).