Makuria sketch
March 24, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Makuria sketch
Old Dongola’s beehive tombs, dating back over 1,000 years, showcase the burial traditions of the Kingdom of Makuria. Constructed from mud bricks, they likely housed high-ranking individuals of medieval Nubia.
#archaeohistories
#archaeohistories
September 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Old Dongola’s beehive tombs, dating back over 1,000 years, showcase the burial traditions of the Kingdom of Makuria. Constructed from mud bricks, they likely housed high-ranking individuals of medieval Nubia.
#archaeohistories
#archaeohistories
My husband’s VtM Dark Ages character to kick off 2026. Menas, who comes from the Kingdom of Makuria. an ex-Ghulam (slave warrior in the Abbasid army) he is now trying to make a new life for himself on the island of Cyprus which is officially a neutral zone.
#vtm #medievaloc #makuria #humanartist
#vtm #medievaloc #makuria #humanartist
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
My husband’s VtM Dark Ages character to kick off 2026. Menas, who comes from the Kingdom of Makuria. an ex-Ghulam (slave warrior in the Abbasid army) he is now trying to make a new life for himself on the island of Cyprus which is officially a neutral zone.
#vtm #medievaloc #makuria #humanartist
#vtm #medievaloc #makuria #humanartist
Countries like Makuria, the Kingdon of Tlemcen, the Orange Free State, Joseon, Reuss, the Archduchy of Austria, and the Despotate of Dobruja were eager to negotiatie
New on @MSNBC: The White House will not release the list of 75 countries that have reached out on trade deals, despite requests from NBC News.
April 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Countries like Makuria, the Kingdon of Tlemcen, the Orange Free State, Joseon, Reuss, the Archduchy of Austria, and the Despotate of Dobruja were eager to negotiatie
makuria existed for nearly four times the length of america, and yet we barely know anything about it.
racism and eurocentric history is fucking insane and i never truly knew the extent of it, holy fuck
racism and eurocentric history is fucking insane and i never truly knew the extent of it, holy fuck
June 22, 2026 at 6:23 PM
makuria existed for nearly four times the length of america, and yet we barely know anything about it.
racism and eurocentric history is fucking insane and i never truly knew the extent of it, holy fuck
racism and eurocentric history is fucking insane and i never truly knew the extent of it, holy fuck
Reconstruction of an outfit of Nubian Royal Mother Martha, as depicted in a wall painting at the cathedral of Faras in the Kingdom of Makuria #MedievalMonday
The rich outfit highlights the elevated status of the royal mother in Nubian society.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
The rich outfit highlights the elevated status of the royal mother in Nubian society.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
April 20, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Reconstruction of an outfit of Nubian Royal Mother Martha, as depicted in a wall painting at the cathedral of Faras in the Kingdom of Makuria #MedievalMonday
The rich outfit highlights the elevated status of the royal mother in Nubian society.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
The rich outfit highlights the elevated status of the royal mother in Nubian society.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Picking one at random, this Empire lasted for nearly 1000 years. 1000 years!! And it's a single page long on Wiki.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makuria
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makuria
Makuria - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Picking one at random, this Empire lasted for nearly 1000 years. 1000 years!! And it's a single page long on Wiki.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makuria
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makuria
ICYMI: Medieval fashion from Faras brought to life!
Researchers have recreated the height of 12th c. North-East African Christian fashion — & divine authority — based on the famous wall paintings of Faras Cathedral, Makuria (one of the medieval Nubian kingdoms)
www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medi...
Researchers have recreated the height of 12th c. North-East African Christian fashion — & divine authority — based on the famous wall paintings of Faras Cathedral, Makuria (one of the medieval Nubian kingdoms)
www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medi...
Medieval Nubian Fashion Brought to Life - Medievalists.net
Recreating history through fashion, researchers have revived the majestic attire of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy, showcased for the first time at the Louvre in Paris.
www.medievalists.net
November 13, 2024 at 3:01 PM
ICYMI: Medieval fashion from Faras brought to life!
Researchers have recreated the height of 12th c. North-East African Christian fashion — & divine authority — based on the famous wall paintings of Faras Cathedral, Makuria (one of the medieval Nubian kingdoms)
www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medi...
Researchers have recreated the height of 12th c. North-East African Christian fashion — & divine authority — based on the famous wall paintings of Faras Cathedral, Makuria (one of the medieval Nubian kingdoms)
www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medi...
#Nobiin ŭ́ru, #OldNubian ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ (ourou): 'king'
Ultimately derived from #Meroitic
𐦳𐦣𐦫𐦡
> qore/qurə: 'ruler, sovereign'
Cf. #Nuer kuäär 'king, chief'
Pic: ⲙⲱⲩ̄ⲥⲏ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲱⲥⲓ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ
Moses George, King of Dotawo (Makuria)
Ultimately derived from #Meroitic
𐦳𐦣𐦫𐦡
> qore/qurə: 'ruler, sovereign'
Cf. #Nuer kuäär 'king, chief'
Pic: ⲙⲱⲩ̄ⲥⲏ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲱⲥⲓ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ
Moses George, King of Dotawo (Makuria)
November 15, 2024 at 2:26 AM
#Nobiin ŭ́ru, #OldNubian ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ (ourou): 'king'
Ultimately derived from #Meroitic
𐦳𐦣𐦫𐦡
> qore/qurə: 'ruler, sovereign'
Cf. #Nuer kuäär 'king, chief'
Pic: ⲙⲱⲩ̄ⲥⲏ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲱⲥⲓ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ
Moses George, King of Dotawo (Makuria)
Ultimately derived from #Meroitic
𐦳𐦣𐦫𐦡
> qore/qurə: 'ruler, sovereign'
Cf. #Nuer kuäär 'king, chief'
Pic: ⲙⲱⲩ̄ⲥⲏ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲱⲥⲓ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ
Moses George, King of Dotawo (Makuria)
Old Dongola’s beehive tombs, dating back over 1,000 years, showcase the burial traditions of the Kingdom of Makuria. Constructed from mud bricks, they likely housed high-ranking individuals of medieval Nubia.
December 9, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Old Dongola’s beehive tombs, dating back over 1,000 years, showcase the burial traditions of the Kingdom of Makuria. Constructed from mud bricks, they likely housed high-ranking individuals of medieval Nubia.
Then there's the Black Christians.
The Kingdoms of Makuria, Nobadia, and Alodia (modern Egypt and Sudan) were Christian from about the 4th to 5th centuries CE.
Black Christians are described making pilgrimages to religious sites in Europe, including King Moses George, circa 12th century.
The Kingdoms of Makuria, Nobadia, and Alodia (modern Egypt and Sudan) were Christian from about the 4th to 5th centuries CE.
Black Christians are described making pilgrimages to religious sites in Europe, including King Moses George, circa 12th century.
May 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Then there's the Black Christians.
The Kingdoms of Makuria, Nobadia, and Alodia (modern Egypt and Sudan) were Christian from about the 4th to 5th centuries CE.
Black Christians are described making pilgrimages to religious sites in Europe, including King Moses George, circa 12th century.
The Kingdoms of Makuria, Nobadia, and Alodia (modern Egypt and Sudan) were Christian from about the 4th to 5th centuries CE.
Black Christians are described making pilgrimages to religious sites in Europe, including King Moses George, circa 12th century.
The church tells its own story. Its pottery includes beakers from the early Kingdom of Nobadia and early wares styled after workshops of the Kingdom of Makuria. The many Christian carvings nearby suggest the church became the center of a local sacred landscape.
September 30, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The church tells its own story. Its pottery includes beakers from the early Kingdom of Nobadia and early wares styled after workshops of the Kingdom of Makuria. The many Christian carvings nearby suggest the church became the center of a local sacred landscape.
A King's Mother from the medieval #Nubian kingdom of Makuria. For more reconstructions of Medieval Robes from Nubia, in the exhibition at the Bode-Museum, Berlin, from February 6. #blackhistorymonth #archaeology #africa
www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
February 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A King's Mother from the medieval #Nubian kingdom of Makuria. For more reconstructions of Medieval Robes from Nubia, in the exhibition at the Bode-Museum, Berlin, from February 6. #blackhistorymonth #archaeology #africa
www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
i get why its good that this hasnt happened dont get me wrong but i am kinda surprised that warhammer fantasy battle never made a fantasy makuria faction
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
i get why its good that this hasnt happened dont get me wrong but i am kinda surprised that warhammer fantasy battle never made a fantasy makuria faction
You also had the medieval Nubian kingdoms around at this time, Makuria and Alodia, which were founded sometime in the 500s and lasted to the 1400s. It was a rich, literate and fascinating culture that is known by few.
December 23, 2024 at 12:22 AM
You also had the medieval Nubian kingdoms around at this time, Makuria and Alodia, which were founded sometime in the 500s and lasted to the 1400s. It was a rich, literate and fascinating culture that is known by few.
Like "Makuria, the kingdom of 100 years." Sounds like something out of High Fantasy.
But nah, it was from Africa, so it might as well be.
But nah, it was from Africa, so it might as well be.
June 22, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Like "Makuria, the kingdom of 100 years." Sounds like something out of High Fantasy.
But nah, it was from Africa, so it might as well be.
But nah, it was from Africa, so it might as well be.
Polish archeologists working in Sudan have uncovered a centuries-old Arabic document confirming the existence of King Qasqash, a ruler of the Christian Kingdom of Makuria, once considered semi-legendary.
March 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Polish archeologists working in Sudan have uncovered a centuries-old Arabic document confirming the existence of King Qasqash, a ruler of the Christian Kingdom of Makuria, once considered semi-legendary.
people who think kushites just disappeared after the ancient era and had no interactions with rest of the region when they find out about nobatia/alodia/makuria:
August 5, 2026 at 2:26 AM
people who think kushites just disappeared after the ancient era and had no interactions with rest of the region when they find out about nobatia/alodia/makuria:
new historical evidence for a 16th/17th century King of Dongola, during the Christian-to-Islamic transition period of Sudan
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The King of Nubia at work: archaeological context and text edition of a sixteenth/seventeenth-century Arabic document from Old Dongola
This paper explores new historical evidence for a pre-colonial ruler of Dongola, the former capital of the Christian kingdom of Makuria, during Sudan’s Islamisation. Central to this study is a newl...
www.tandfonline.com
March 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM
new historical evidence for a 16th/17th century King of Dongola, during the Christian-to-Islamic transition period of Sudan
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Luo people live in present day Kenya,and migrated there from present day Sudan around 1500s.
Their migration is contemporaneous to the fall of of Makuria, to islamic-inspired upheaval.
Makuria is a kingdom in the Nile valley that stopped arab invasion until the middleage
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Their migration is contemporaneous to the fall of of Makuria, to islamic-inspired upheaval.
Makuria is a kingdom in the Nile valley that stopped arab invasion until the middleage
@zisoregondo.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Luo people live in present day Kenya,and migrated there from present day Sudan around 1500s.
Their migration is contemporaneous to the fall of of Makuria, to islamic-inspired upheaval.
Makuria is a kingdom in the Nile valley that stopped arab invasion until the middleage
@zisoregondo.bsky.social
Their migration is contemporaneous to the fall of of Makuria, to islamic-inspired upheaval.
Makuria is a kingdom in the Nile valley that stopped arab invasion until the middleage
@zisoregondo.bsky.social
leather scroll of a land sale from Qsar Ibrim, 1463 CE.
from the kingdom of Makuria, now at the British Museum
Old Nubian writing:
"I, Eismalê, say to my daughter, my child Ajejê, having four cornfields, I sell one to Eionngoka and Kasla ... We received the price at face-value 129 gold pieces"
from the kingdom of Makuria, now at the British Museum
Old Nubian writing:
"I, Eismalê, say to my daughter, my child Ajejê, having four cornfields, I sell one to Eionngoka and Kasla ... We received the price at face-value 129 gold pieces"
November 28, 2024 at 8:26 PM
leather scroll of a land sale from Qsar Ibrim, 1463 CE.
from the kingdom of Makuria, now at the British Museum
Old Nubian writing:
"I, Eismalê, say to my daughter, my child Ajejê, having four cornfields, I sell one to Eionngoka and Kasla ... We received the price at face-value 129 gold pieces"
from the kingdom of Makuria, now at the British Museum
Old Nubian writing:
"I, Eismalê, say to my daughter, my child Ajejê, having four cornfields, I sell one to Eionngoka and Kasla ... We received the price at face-value 129 gold pieces"
Painting of Queen Martha of Dotawo (Makuria) w/ Virgin Mary touching her shoulder while holding Jesus as a child / 11th C. AD
Analysis of Greek text accompanying the painting in the Old Nubian script below.
#Dotawo #Makuria #NubianChristianArt #NubianArt #MedievalArt #AfricanArt #ByzantineGreek
Analysis of Greek text accompanying the painting in the Old Nubian script below.
#Dotawo #Makuria #NubianChristianArt #NubianArt #MedievalArt #AfricanArt #ByzantineGreek
August 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Painting of Queen Martha of Dotawo (Makuria) w/ Virgin Mary touching her shoulder while holding Jesus as a child / 11th C. AD
Analysis of Greek text accompanying the painting in the Old Nubian script below.
#Dotawo #Makuria #NubianChristianArt #NubianArt #MedievalArt #AfricanArt #ByzantineGreek
Analysis of Greek text accompanying the painting in the Old Nubian script below.
#Dotawo #Makuria #NubianChristianArt #NubianArt #MedievalArt #AfricanArt #ByzantineGreek
Historical Black archers include those in the medieval Christian kingdom of Makuria (present-day Sudan). They were highly skilled Nubian archers.
Others in Egypt & the Levant during the 13th-16thc were Black African soldiers trained as elite archers. Ofc there were Black Mercenary archers
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Others in Egypt & the Levant during the 13th-16thc were Black African soldiers trained as elite archers. Ofc there were Black Mercenary archers
2/
February 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Historical Black archers include those in the medieval Christian kingdom of Makuria (present-day Sudan). They were highly skilled Nubian archers.
Others in Egypt & the Levant during the 13th-16thc were Black African soldiers trained as elite archers. Ofc there were Black Mercenary archers
2/
Others in Egypt & the Levant during the 13th-16thc were Black African soldiers trained as elite archers. Ofc there were Black Mercenary archers
2/
"Dress to impress" - the exhibition at Bode-Museum Berlin showcases reconstructed garments from medieval Nubia, which were realized by the research team from University of Warsaw & SWPS University, with the participation of Grzegorz Ochala, @uni-hamburg.de fellow 2024-25. Details: bit.ly/4jyZOEN
January 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Dress to impress" - the exhibition at Bode-Museum Berlin showcases reconstructed garments from medieval Nubia, which were realized by the research team from University of Warsaw & SWPS University, with the participation of Grzegorz Ochala, @uni-hamburg.de fellow 2024-25. Details: bit.ly/4jyZOEN
This was the last surviving land sale from the medieval nubian kingdom of Makuria (Dotawo)
Its protocol names Joel as king of Dotawo: He is the last known king of Nubia and the only one mentioned by name since the 1330s
Its protocol names Joel as king of Dotawo: He is the last known king of Nubia and the only one mentioned by name since the 1330s
November 28, 2024 at 8:28 PM
This was the last surviving land sale from the medieval nubian kingdom of Makuria (Dotawo)
Its protocol names Joel as king of Dotawo: He is the last known king of Nubia and the only one mentioned by name since the 1330s
Its protocol names Joel as king of Dotawo: He is the last known king of Nubia and the only one mentioned by name since the 1330s