A Nubian Princess in her ox-chariot, from the Eqyptian Tomb of Huy, 1320 B.C.
This gold bracelet, ornamented with the seated figure of the goddess Hathor, was placed in the tomb of a Nubian queen of the first century B.C. The sequence of ancient civilizations that flourished in Nubia, a region of Africa, began thousands of years before her time, as early as 6000 B.C.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ancient Africa
Stela of Queen Amanishaketo
The temple of Amon (1st cent. BC/1st cent. AD). Hypostyle Hall.
Relief representing the queen and a divine partner, the Nubian lion god Apademak
