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Nubia Collection

Background imageNubia Collection: Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorers

Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorers
A map of Africa which illustrates the travels of the explorers Livingstone, Stanley and Cameron

Background imageNubia Collection: Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorers

Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorers
A map of Africa which illustrates the travels of Livingstone, Stanley and Cameron. Date: 19th Century

Background imageNubia Collection: Egypt - River Nile - Capturing a crocodile

Egypt - River Nile - Capturing a crocodile. As with picture 10270850, there is a certain degree of scepticism in this captioners mind as to the validity of the beast which is being grabbed...!

Background imageNubia Collection: Kardassy Temple, Nubia, Egypt

Kardassy Temple, Nubia, Egypt

Background imageNubia Collection: Egypt Nubia Kardassy Temple Victorian period

Egypt Nubia Kardassy Temple Victorian period

Background imageNubia Collection: Egypt Nubia Abu Simbel Victorian period

Egypt Nubia Abu Simbel Victorian period

Background imageNubia Collection: Temple, Sabooa, Nubia, Egypt

Temple, Sabooa, Nubia, Egypt

Background imageNubia Collection: Fresco depicting an archangel with sword

Fresco depicting an archangel with sword. Detail. Porch of the southern entrance. Cathedral of Faras. 12th-13th centuries. Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland. Date: 2018

Background imageNubia Collection: Epitaph of Maththaios, Bishop of Faras. May-June, 766

Epitaph of Maththaios, Bishop of Faras. May-June, 766. Sandstone. Cathedral of Faras (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland. Date: 2018

Background imageNubia Collection: Cross in Majesty (Maiestas Crucis). Fresco, detail

Cross in Majesty (Maiestas Crucis). Fresco, detail
Fresco depicting the Cross, with the image of Christ in the center (Maiestas Crucis), detail. Northern vestibule. 11th century. Faras Cathedral (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw

Background imageNubia Collection: Fragment of door post. 6th-8th centuries. Sandstone

Fragment of door post. 6th-8th centuries. Sandstone. From Faras Cathedral (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland. Date: 2018

Background imageNubia Collection: Fresco depicting the Archangel (Raphael?)

Fresco depicting the Archangel (Raphael?). Second half of the 8th century - first half of the 9th century. From the staircase of Faras Cathedral (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw

Background imageNubia Collection: Cross in Majesty (Maiestas Crucis) - Northern vestibule

Cross in Majesty (Maiestas Crucis) - Northern vestibule
Fresco depicting the Cross, with the image of Christ in the center (Maiestas Crucis). Northern vestibule. 11th century. Faras Cathedral (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland

Background imageNubia Collection: Fragment of a frieze. Apse of First Cathedral. 7th century

Fragment of a frieze. Apse of First Cathedral. 7th century
Fragment of the frieze from the apse of the First Cathedral. 7th century. Sandstone with traces of polychromy. Cathedral of Faras (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland. Date: 2018

Background imageNubia Collection: Founding Inscription of Bishop Paulos

Founding Inscription of Bishop Paulos
The Founding Inscription of Bishop Paulos. It commemorates the renovation of the cathedral in 707. Greek. Sandstone. Detail. From Faras (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland

Background imageNubia Collection: Francis Frith, Egypt. c. 1857 - rock carving, Abu Simbel

Francis Frith, Egypt. c. 1857 - rock carving, Abu Simbel
Vintage 19th century photograph: Francis Frith, Egypt. c.1857 - rock carving, Abu Simbel, Nubia

Background imageNubia Collection: Yungo Dance - Nubian tribe of southern Egypt

Yungo Dance - Nubian tribe of southern Egypt in their village. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNubia Collection: Temple of Queen Nefertari, Abu Simbel, Egypt

Temple of Queen Nefertari, Abu Simbel, Egypt
Ramses II favourite wifes temple as seen from a moving boat on the River Nile in the Nubia area of Egypt. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageNubia Collection: Ruins of the Temple of Kom Ombo, and view

Ruins of the Temple of Kom Ombo, and view
Ruins of the Temple of Kom Ombo (Ombas), Nubia, and view of Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Background imageNubia Collection: Temple of Isis on Philae Island and Great

Temple of Isis on Philae Island and Great
Interior of the Temple of Isis on Philae Island, Nubia, and interior of the Great Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel (Ibsambul), Nubia

Background imageNubia Collection: Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, Nubia

Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, Nubia
The Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel (Isambul), Nubia, and Temple of Thoth at Dakka, Nubia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Background imageNubia Collection: Young Nubian woman and Ababde man

Young Nubian woman and Ababde man. Ethiopian mixed-race people. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his Natural History of the Human Species

Background imageNubia Collection: Interior of the Abu Simbel rock temples, Nubia, Egypt

Interior of the Abu Simbel rock temples, Nubia, Egypt
Interior of the Abu Simbel rock temples to Pharaoh Ramesses II and his queen Nefertiti, Nubia, southern Egypt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

Background imageNubia Collection: Abu Simbel rock temples in Nubia, southern Egypt

Abu Simbel rock temples in Nubia, southern Egypt
Abu Simbel rock temples to Pharaoh Ramesses II and his queen Nefertiti, Nubia, southern Egypt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imageNubia Collection: Man and Woman of Nubia

Man and Woman of Nubia, Egypt. 1832

Background imageNubia Collection: Statue of God Sebiumeker

Statue of God Sebiumeker. Probably 1st century BC. Sandstone. From Meroe, Sudan. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageNubia Collection: MAP / AFRICA / SAHARA 1719

MAP / AFRICA / SAHARA 1719
Map of the Sahara Desert with Nubia, part of Egypt and part of Abyssinia Date: 1719

Background imageNubia Collection: RELIGION / EGYPT / SATIS

RELIGION / EGYPT / SATIS
She guards the southern frontier of Egypt, and Lower Nubia, and is associated with the Nile flooding

Background imageNubia Collection: Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorers

Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorers
A map of Africa which illustrates the travels of the explorers Livingstone, Stanley and Cameron. Date: 19th Century

Background imageNubia Collection: Philae Temple - Aswan, Egypt

Philae Temple - Aswan, Egypt
Philae - originally located near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile River in southern Egypt, and was the site of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex

Background imageNubia Collection: Gold bracelet of Queen Amanishakheto. Meroe. Egypt

Gold bracelet of Queen Amanishakheto. Meroe. Egypt
Gold bracelet of Queen Amanishakheto, Kandake of Nubia. 1st century BC. From Meroe, Egypt. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Background imageNubia Collection: Taharqa, Pharaoh

Taharqa, Pharaoh
TAHARQA, PHARAOH (25th dynasty) initiated extensive building projects in both Egypt and Nubia

Background imageNubia Collection: Border stela of King Sesostris III. Egypt

Border stela of King Sesostris III. Egypt
Border stela of King Sesostris III. Quartzite. Middle Kingdom. 12th Dynasty. 1860 BC. From Semna, Nubia. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Background imageNubia Collection: Egyp. Aswan. Elephantine Island. Landscape

Egyp. Aswan. Elephantine Island. Landscape

Background imageNubia Collection: Relief from the chapel of king Amanitenmemide protected by t

Relief from the chapel of king Amanitenmemide protected by the goddess Isis. Sandstone. 1st century BC. Pyramid N17. From Meroe. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Background imageNubia Collection: 12th, 1860, BC, 1860BC, alphabet, ancient, age, Ancient, Egypt, Ancient, Egyptians

12th, 1860, BC, 1860BC, alphabet, ancient, age, Ancient, Egypt, Ancient, Egyptians
Border stela of King Sesostris III. Quartzite. Middle Kingdom. 12th Dynasty. 1860 BC. From Semna, Nubia. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Background imageNubia Collection: Statue of God Sebiumeker

Statue of God Sebiumeker. Probably 1st century BC. Sandstone. From Meroe, Sudan. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageNubia Collection: Relief inside the funeral chapel of Meroitic queen, probably

Relief inside the funeral chapel of Meroitic queen, probably
Relief inside the pyramid chapel of the meroitic queen, probably Shanakdakhete, the first woman who came to the throne of Meroe. Pyramid 11. Southern Wall. Meroe. Ptolemaic Period. 3rd century BC

Background imageNubia Collection: Meroitic stela

Meroitic stela
Sandstone Meroitic stela with one of the longest known texts in meroitic language. Are recognisable the names of the Queen Amanirenas

Background imageNubia Collection: River steamer Nubia, Cairo, Egypt

River steamer Nubia, Cairo, Egypt
River tourist steamer Nubia, belonging to the Anglo American Nile & Tourist Company, Cairo, Egypt

Background imageNubia Collection: Abu Simbel, Nubia

Abu Simbel, Nubia (1876). Walton, Elijah 1833 - 1880. Date: 1876

Background imageNubia Collection: The small temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt

The small temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt
One of the Abu Simbel temples ( The Small Temple ) - two massive rock temples in Abu Simbel, Nubia, southern Egypt, situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser

Background imageNubia Collection: Colossel figure at Abou Simbel, Nubia

Colossel figure at Abou Simbel, Nubia. View of colossal figure, probably Ramses II, at the Great Temple at Abou; Sunbul, Egypt. Date 1862?. Colossel figure at Abou Simbel, Nubia

Background imageNubia Collection: Temple of Isis, Philae Island, Egypt

Temple of Isis, Philae Island, Egypt
The Temple of Isis on Philae Island (Lake Nasser, Nubia), Egypt, showing the entrance and a row of columns. It was later relocated to the nearby Agilkia Island to enable the construction of the Aswan

Background imageNubia Collection: Nubian Children - Elephantine Island, Egypt

Nubian Children - Elephantine Island, Egypt. Part of the modern Egyptian city of Aswan, the islands shape is similar to that of an elephants tusk. Date: circa 1910s


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