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  2. Nubian architecture - Wikipedia

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    Jebel Barkal. The earliest Nubian architecture used perishable materials, wattle and daub, mudbricks, animal hide, and other light and supple materials.Early Nubian architecture consisted of speos, structures derived from the carving of rock, an innovation of the A-Group culture (c. 3800-3100 BCE), as seen in the Sofala Cave rock-cut temple or the rock cut barial chambers of the Kushite ...

  3. Nubian vault - Wikipedia

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    The age-old Nubian vault technique was notably revived by the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy in the 1940s with the building of a new village at Gourna, near Luxor. Architecturally, this village is a singular success; however, the families who were moved there soon abandoned it to return to their original village.

  4. Nubian pyramids - Wikipedia

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    Nubian rulers consequently chose to be entombed in the new capital, and a new group of pyramids was built at Meroe. The pyramids at Meroe were built beginning in 270 BC and the construction of these pyramids lasted for over 700 years. Centuries passed, until the Nubian kingdom based in Meroe eventually fell to the Romans. The last Nubian ...

  5. Nubians - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian priests declared it to be the home of the ancient deity Amun, further enhancing Nepata as an ancient religious site. This was the case for both Egyptians and Nubians. Egyptian and Nubian deities alike were worshipped in Nubia for 2,500 years, even while Nubia was under the control of the New Kingdom of Egypt. [65]

  6. Architecture of Sudan - Wikipedia

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    Another building in the same place is a small temple called The Roman Kiosk with indigenous Nubian as well as Hellenistic elements. [ 9 ] Further examples of ancient Nubian architecture are rock-cut temples, big mudbrick buildings with temples called deffufa , graves with stoned walls or dwellings made of mudbricks, wood and stone floors ...

  7. 'Jimmy's home': One woman shares Carter's Habitat for ...

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    Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at age 100, was an avid backer of Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit that has helped over 59 million people build or repair homes in more than 70 countries.

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    The NFL playoff schedule is about to be set, with the wild-card dates and times for every matchup to be revealed during Week 18.

  9. Architecture of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Sudan contains 223 Nubian pyramids, more numerous but smaller than the Egyptian pyramids, at three major sites: El Kurru, Nuri, and Meroe. The elements of Nubian pyramids, built for kings and queens, included steep walls, a chapel facing east, a stairway facing east, and a chamber accessed via the stairway.

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