The first comprehensive international exhibition of the artistic achievement of an ancient African civilization whose distinctive character, extraordinary vitality, and influence on the course of African history are almost unknown. Although scholars have been aware of Nubia for the past century, its culture has been thought of incorrectly as a footnote to that of Egypt. Now, to help document the distinctive development of this culture and its impact on other civilizations, 25 institutions in the United States, Europe and Africa have lent more than 250 objects encompassing the history of Nubia and the Sudan from 3000 B.C. to the twelfth century A.D.
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