Sinkat, #Sudan. This was once a British military office, now smithereens. I found visiting this area powerful. I was reminded of the poem Ozymandias. I collected a shard of tile. You can see it in the second photo.
There is a lot more to Sudan than this (more pyramids than Egypt, over 100 languages, great food). I'll dedicate a post to Sudan, the country, soon. I just need time to compile it and do it justice. #travel #africa
I'll be looking forward to more tales from the country of the #BlackPharaos. 😀
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/dive-ancient-pyramid-nuri-sudan
@HistoPol An amazing country! Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt (though they are a bit smaller). I'll upload a longer post on my time there this weekend.
If you're interested in Nubian culture, I would recommend looking for some traditional Nubian music. I'm into it.
Edit: realised that I already gave the pyramid fact in the initial post, so here's another: The Nubians successfully conquered Egypt and ruled over the Egyptians for a hundred years.
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Thanks for sharing. I have never been there. I should like to travel there some time, though.
At this point, I should reveal, though, that some years back I read all the history novels about ancient #Egypt that I could get my hands on: from the founding of a unified kingdom, to its demise as a #Roman province and the #Arab conquest.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/14283.Best_Egyptian_Historical_Fiction
It is not my list, but some of my favorite authors are there: #ChristianJacq,#ColleenMcCullough,...
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...and #MagaretGeorge.-- McCullough also being the classic benchmark for novels on the #Roman Republic.
(I became such a fan of Prof. Jacq that I even read a sequel of a trilogy in the #French original, as I needed to know the end of a story...something I had not done since high school. 😉)
I'll be looking forward to your weekend toot.
@HistoPol Thanks very much for the info. I think I'll give that a read. I'm new to historical fiction. Do you use Bookwyrm?
The toot is out. I agonised over it... and the blog post. I couldn't do the country justice, though. I suppose you'll have to take a trip to see for yourself 😀
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