Long before colonial borders, the Kingdom of Kush rose in the Nile Valley conquering Egypt, ruling as pharaohs, and leaving ...

Archaeologists have discovered a gold processing center along the middle Nile, an installation that produced the precious metal sometime between 2000 and 1500 B.C. The center, along with a ...

Ancient Kush likened to Egypt. By Thomas H. Maugh II . June 19, 2007 12 AM PT . ... Kush, which was called Nubia by the Greeks, was the first urban civilization in sub-Saharan Africa.

Among the artifacts they found in burials nearby at the site al-Widay were pottery vessels that appear to have been made in the center of the kingdom, a city called Kerma, some 225 miles downstream.