Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The emergence of the Nubian kingdoms 3. The arrival and impact of Christianity 4. The Nubians and their neighbours, 7th to early 13th centuries 5. The heyday of the Nubian kingdoms 6. Settlements 7. Architecture 8. The economy 9. Art, language and literacy 10. The collapse of the Nubian kingdoms 11. Postscript Appendix: Kings of the Blemmyan and Nubian kingdoms in the Nile Valley Abbreviations Bibliography Index
Derek A. Welsby is a field archaeologist by training. He has worked on archaeological projects in the UK, Libya and Turkey and has been directing excavations in Sudan since 1982. He is currently an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities, The British Museum, with special responsibility for the Sudanese collections. He is also the author of The Kingdom of Kush (BMP 1996).
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