Kingdom of Kush

László Török, Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Science (1992), is member of the Advisory Board of the Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, and member of the Norwegian Academy of Science. He has published extensively on the history and archaeology of the Middle Nile Region (Nubia) and on Egyptian art in the Hellenistic and Late Antique periods.

'The author effectively demonstrated that the Napatan-Meroitic civilisation did emerge out of thin air, or that it was merely a reproduction of an Egyptian model. It possessed a solid intellectual foundation and a unique political history. As a reference work for students of the Napatan-Meroitic civilisation, this book is highly recommended.'Christiaan Nel, Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages, 1999.'The Kingdom of Kush is, however, more than an authoritative reference work. It is also evidence of the profound transformation of Nubian studies during the past three decades, and a synthesis of the multifaceted work of one of the scholars primarily responsible for that transformation…a comprehensive and reliable guide to the goals and achievements of this new discipline. Together with its predecessor, Nubia: Corridor to Africa, it provides an account of the history and culture of Kush that is unrivalled in its depth and sophistication anywhere else in Subsaharan Africa.'Stanley M. Burstein, Symbolae Osloenses, 2000.