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Building the Pyramids of Meroe

Friedrich Hinkel, an architect from Berlin, discusses his theories about the construction of the Nubian pyramids at Mero‘. This clip is from the digNubia documentary, Nubia and the Mysteries of Kush, produced by Juneteenth Productions, Chicago, IL.



Size: 4.7 megabytes. Length: 2:03. Download time: 56K modem, approximately 11 minutes; ISDN, approximately 5 minutes; DSL/Cable modem, approximately 2 minutes.


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5.2 MB

The Meroitic language

Exploring the Meroitic language. This clip is from the digNubia documentary, Nubia and the Mysteries of Kush, produced by Juneteenth Productions, Chicago, IL.

Size: 5.6 megabytes. Length: 2:32. Download time: 56K modem, approximately 13 minutes; ISDN, approximately 6 minutes; DSL/Cable modem, approximately 2 minutes.

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5.7 MB

Jebel Barkal and magnetometry

Dr. Timothy Kendall discusses the Nubian temples found at Jebel Barkal and explorations of Jebel Barkal using magnetometry. This clip is from the digNubia documentary, Nubia and the Mysteries of Kush, produced by Juneteenth Productions, Chicago, IL.

Size: 5.6 megabytes. Length: 0:55. Download time: 56K modem, approximately 4.5 minutes; ISDN, approximately 2 minutes; DSL/Cable modem, approximately .5 minutes.

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The Nubian Salvage Campaign

Overview of the Nubian Salvage Campaign in which archaeologists from around the world came to rapidly excavate as many Nubian sites as possible before the building of the Aswan High Dam was complete and five thousand square kilometers of land submerged. This clip is from the digNubia documentary, Nubia and the Mysteries of Kush, produced by Juneteenth Productions, Chicago, IL.

Size: 6.7 megabytes. Length: 2:03. Download time: 56K modem, approximately 16 minutes; ISDN, approximately 7 minutes; DSL/Cable modem, approximately 2.5 minutes.

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6.6 MB

Ancient traditions

The traditions of ancient Nubia are kept alive by modern Nubians. This clip is from the digNubia documentary, Nubia and the Mysteries of Kush, produced by Juneteenth Productions, Chicago, IL.

Size: 1.9 megabytes. Length: 0:53. Download time: 56K modem, approximately 4.5 minutes; ISDN, approximately 2 minutes; DSL/Cable modem, approximately .5 minutes.

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Brushing away the sand

Yasin using a paintbrush to reveal a piece of pottery at an archaeological dig in the Bayouda Desert, north of Khartoum.

Size: 3.4 megabytes. Length: 0:27. Download time: 56K modem, approximately 8 minutes; ISDN, approximately 3.5 minutes; DSL/Cable modem, approximately 1 minute.

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3.5 MB

The Dervish dancers: Part 1

Dervish dancers at a Sufi Muslim ceremony held in Khartoum. The dervish dance is an energetic religious dance in which Muslim men dance and chant.

Size: 17.6 megabytes. Length: 2:17. Download time: 56K modem, approximately 41 minutes; ISDN, approximately 18 minutes; DSL/Cable modem, approximately 6 minutes.

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4.9 MB

The Dervish dancers: Part 2

Dervish dancers at a Sufi Muslim ceremony held in Khartoum. The dervish dance is an energetic religious dance in which Muslim men dance and chant.

Size: 10.8 megabytes. Length: 1:24. Download time: 56K modem, approximately 25 minutes; ISDN, approximately 11 minutes; DSL/Cable modem, approximately 4 minutes.

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3.5 MB

Making mud bricks

Making mudbricks. These bricks are used to build houses in the Sudan. Once they are molded, the sun dries them and makes them very hard.

Size: 11.3 megabytes. Length: 1:28. Download time: 56K modem, approximately 26 minutes; ISDN, approximately 12 minutes; DSL/Cable modem, approximately 4 minutes.

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3.7 MB