{"id":7871,"date":"2025-02-28T15:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/?p=7871"},"modified":"2026-01-10T15:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:41:09","slug":"the-black-pharaohs-a-history-of-nubia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/les-pharaons-noirs-une-histoire-de-la-nubie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Pharaohs - A History of Nubia"},"content":{"rendered":"


In 2003, Swiss archaeologists Charles Bonnet and Matthieu Honegger discovered a cache of forty fragments of black granite statues at Doukki Gel in Upper Nubia - now Sudan. The dismembered stones revealed seven magnificent monumental statues of the five black pharaohs, the African sovereigns who ruled over Nubia and Egypt for almost a century, from 747 BC to 656 BC. Charles Bonnet's book retraces the history of the lengthy excavations carried out at Kerma, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Kush (1), which unearthed this statuary as well as impressive monuments testifying to the power of the rulers of the Kingdom of Nubia.<\/strong> <\/p>

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