#ancient kush

[tyrannoninja]

Cleopatra & Amanirenas versus the Romans

The Nile Valley queens Cleopatra of Egypt and Amanirenas of Kush are up against the wrath of the Roman legions! Can our heroines fight their way out of this predicament and defeat one the mightiest armies in the first century BC?

This is of course a fictional “alternate history” scenario I did for the sheer fun of it, but I really like the idea of Cleo and Amani teaming up against Rome. One wonders whether Cleopatra’s Egypt might have held up a little longer with more Kushite support…

[spiritsdancinginthenight]

Gilded silver amulet shows the Kushite Queen Nefrukakashta being embraced and nursed by a goddess, probably Hathor. Nubian, Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye), c. 743–712 B.C. From el-Kurru, Ku 52 (tomb of Queen Nefrukekashta) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 24.928 The goddess wears the vulture headdress and a crown consisting of a diadem with bovine horns and the solar disc. A protective vulture flies above the queen, its claw resting on her royal uraeus cobra. https://egypt-museum.com/hathor-suckling-the-kushite-queen-nefrukakashta/

[paulpingminho]

[thesirenisles]

The origin of all Astrology.

Goes back to the Dendera Tablet of Ancient Kush-Kemet, presently known as Egypt in the heart of North Africa.

A key to all Astronomy & the calendar itself. Eternally grateful for the knowledge! 🫶🏾

All of the planets can be linked to what they call “Neter”… what we presently know today as Gods and Goddesses. They were transcribed into Greco-Roman religion, but the myths are true to the original.

#astroHistory

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold rams head amulet, Kingdom of Kush (Sudan), 712-664 BC

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[peonycats]

Ancients Chibis!

from top to bottom, left to right:

Illyria, Iberia (+bby Port), Etruria (more accurately, Tarquinia), Dacia

Thrace, Numidia (more accurately, Masaesyli), Persia/Iran, Gaul

Pontus, Kush, Judea, Ancient Libya

Obligatory disclaimer that Illyria, Iberia, Dacia, Thrace, Gaul, and Ancient Libya had other personifications due to the number of diverse tribes inhabiting these regions they’re just standing in as overall representatives haha

These are just some cute ancients chibis I’ve been working on! If there’s interest, I might turn them into stickers hehe, but for now I’m pretty satisfied with how these designs turned out, and I definitely want to draw them more later!

[ancientegyptdaily]

Jebel Barkal (Arabic: جبل بركل) is a mesa or large rock outcrop located 400 km north of Khartoum, next to Karima in Northern State in Sudan, on the Nile River, in the region that is sometimes called Nubia. The jebel is 104 m tall, has a flat top, and came to have religious significance for both ancient Kush and ancient Egyptian occupiers. In 2003, the mountain, together with the extensive archaeological site at its base (ancient Napata), were named as the center of a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. [X]

[ancientorigins]

The Kushite Empire raised some of history’s most fearsome warriors. But what makes them really stand out is the fact they were all women, raised from birth for battle.

[spotsupstuff]

Oh one more thing! Do any of your ancients still live underwater? Also can they survive in both saltwater and freshwater habitats?

hmmm.... i think i did set it up at some point that the water is technically safer to live in with both the whole oxygen thing in the atmosphere and then the iterators. the rain shouldn't be able to get deep enough to affect them (not to say that they can all handle too far sea depths). now that i think about it there is prolly a branch of their evolutionary line consisting of deep sea "ancients" who still hang out down there, tho these wouldn't end up evolving the whole bipedal body plan. not useful at those depths at all and there is no prompt for it too

the sea anemones that did decide to evolve the bipedal body plan that were originally stationed near the shores are prolly mostly land dwelling and nobody really lives in the seas. mostly cuz the large number of population (and technological evolution like the void fluid revolution) are all on land n upkeepin shit under water like that prolly wouldn't be too fun

they are originally from the saltwater habitat and naturally can survive only in that one! but with the technological advancements that they have plus the fact that their on-land rebreathers are connected to the gills, they should do fine in freshwater too

throw Sparrows into some sea like a beached fish and she's guaranteed to have the time of her life

[tyrannoninja]

Cleo and Amani Do a Selfie

Our Queens of the Nile Cleopatra and Amanirenas are posing for a selfie! Of course, this isn't meant to be historically accurate (unless you really believe they had smartphones back in the first century BC).

BTW, I used a website called Zeeob.com to generate the faux Instagram post.

[spiritsdancinginthenight]

kushite ushabti figures of taharqa, 664 b.c., nuri (nubia), modern sudan. british museum. EA55488

[thehereticpharaoh]

The pyramids in Sudan were built over a period of hundreds of years by a civilization known as the Nubians. The Nubians were initially conquered by the Egyptians and for centuries lived under Egyptian administration. After the Egyptian dynasties fell into dissaray, Nubia broke free and became its own empire, even conquering the Egyptians for a time. Throughout their history, the two societies maintained extensive trade and cultural ties, leading to the Sudan pyramids.

[egypt-ancient-and-modern]

Harwa, chief steward of the God’s Wife of Amun, Amunirdis I- the daughter of the Kushite King Kashta.

[occvltswim]

Sarcophagus of Harkhebit "Royal Seal Bearer, Sole Companion, Chief Priest of the Shrines of Upper and Lower Egypt, and Overseer of the Cabinet", 595–526 BC, Saqqara, 26th dynasty of Egypt. It is very similar in style with the Phoenician Tabnit sarcophagus.

[theantonian]

The Meroë Head of Augustus

It was looted from Roman Egypt in 24 BC by the forces of queen Amanirenas of Kush and brought back to Meroe, where it was buried beneath the staircase of a temple for all the visitors to trample on.

British Museum.

[emcads]

i present to you:  the great tpof fancast

Christophe-Julien de Rapièr :  Romain Duris, Molière  (2007)

Esmeralda Maria Consuela Anna de Sevilla:   Salma Hayek,   Fools Rush In (1997)  /  The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1997) 

Princess Amenirdis :   Aamito Lagum,  Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

Prince Shabako: Malachi Kirby,  Roots  (2016)

Pharaoh Taharka : Idris Elba, Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Queen Tiyy: Yetide Badaki, American Gods (2017-2021)

Tarek: Abubakar Salim, Jamestown (2017) 

Piye: Danny Glover,  Age of the Dragons (2011)

Chamba:  Paulo Andre Aragao, The Lost Pirate Kingdom (2021)

Lord Reginald Marmaduke Bracegirdle-Penwallow: Charles Dance, The Great Fire (2014)

Don Rafael : Edward James Olmos, Monday Nights at Seven (2016)

Luis Montoya :  Riccardo Scamarcio,  Caravaggio’s Shadow (2022)

Robby Greene: Dean O'Gorman, Return to Treasure Island (1996)

The Becketts.  Jonathan Jr.: Luke Roberts, Black Sails (2014),   Bartholomew : Tom Felton, Belle (2013), Jonathan Beckett: Michael McElhatton, Dangerous Liaisons (2022)

Cutler Beckett: Jonny Lee Miller, Plunkett & Macleane (1999)

Jane Beckett:  Sarah Gadon, Belle (2013)

Ian Mercer: Sebastian Armesto, Harlots (2017)

Melinda:  Clare Danes,  Stage Beauty (2004)

Boris Palachnik :  Ned Dennehy, Banished (2015)

Frank Connery : Tristan Sturrock, Poldark (2015)

Etienne de Ver:  Edouard Baer, Lady J (2018)

Lucius Featherstone:  Henry Douthwaite, Wuthering Heights (2018)

Steve Seymour :  Dean Lennox Kelly, Jamestown (2017)

Marie Seymour :  Astrid Bergès-Frisbey,  Bruc (2017)

Jack :  Johnny Depp, The Man Who Cried  (2001)

bonus section:

Sean Bean as a young pirate Bootstrap Bill, Lorna Doone (1990)

 Lawrence Norrington as Ralph Fiennes in The Duchess (2008)

Fitzwilliam P. Dalton III: Max Beesley, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997)

Tiny James Norrington : Keven Zegers, Treasure Island (1999).  Slightly larger James Norrington: Keven Zegers,  Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005)