Ancient Nubia and the Kingdom of Kush: Interview with Dr. Geoff Emberling
Tides of History
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Comparative Archaeology - Is Comparative a Good Idea?
Haily: There's such a tendency for the general public, when your exposure to these things is limited to a couple of frames. She says egypt and mesopotamia have disproportionately influenced the way the disciplined thinks about the past. Haily: So cush is outside that heritage narrative. It's not considered to be a canonical case of state formation. Its derivative, its secondary. This leads to all kinds of strange understandings,. one of which is that cush is always referred to as mysterious, little known.
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