Nubian Past

David N. Edwards is a Visiting Honorary Fellow in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, Leicester University, with extensive research experience in Sudan and Nubia since 1985. He has worked extensively as a field archaeologist in Britain as well as Libya, Egypt and Jordan.

• 1. Introduction: Nubia, Sudan and Sudanic Africa  2. Hunters, Fishers and Gatherers (c.10,000-5,000BC)  3. Developing Complexity and Expanding Worlds of Herders and Farmers (c.5000-2000BC)  4. Kush and Egypt's Imperial Ventures (c.2000BC-1000BC)  5. The Kushite Revival: the XXVth dynasty and Napata (c.1000BC-350BC)6. Meroitic Kush (c.350BC-AD300)  7. Post-Meroitic Transitions (c.300-500AD)  8. Medieval Nubia (c.500-1500AD)9. Post-Medieval Sudan and Islam (c.1500-1900AD)  10. Conclusions: Towards an archaeology of the Sudan

'Anyone looking for an up-to-date in-depth study with a comprehensive bibliogrpahy will have to read The Nubian Past ... One must congratulate Dr Edwards and the publisher for bringing such an excellent book to light.' - Egyptian Archaeology'This is an excellent work.' - Archiv orientální'A very good synthesis.' - Rodolfo Fattovich