141 color and 19 b/w illustrations

those of “old Greece

Stulik is a senior scientist at the Getty Conservation Institute

Michael Wilson

Jewels of Ancient Nubia Spently 141 color and 19 b/wText by Yvonne J. Markowitz Denise M. Doxey. Located at the intersection of trade routes from central Africa, the ancient Near East and the Classical world, ancient Nubia ruled the entire Nile Valley at the height of its power in the eighth century BCE Its neighbor and frequent rival Egypt called it the gold lands because its territories held such an abundance of the precious metal, and because its inhabitants produced some of the most finely crafted