Lower Nubia
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Lower Nubia is the northernmost part of Nubia, roughly contiguous with the modern Lake Nasser, which submerged the historical region in the 1960s with the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Many anci
Lower Nubia lies mainly between the first and second cataracts with some historical overlappings.
Upper Nubia
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Upper Nubia is the southernmost part of Nubia, upstream on the Nile from Lower Nubia. It is so called because the Nile flows north, so it is further upstream and of higher elevation in relation to Low
Lower Nubia
…Cataracts, which are now both within Lake Nasser. The region was known to Greco-Roman geographers as Triakontaschoinos. It is downstream on the Nile from Upper Nubia. During the Middle Kingdom, Lower Nubia was occupied by Egypt. when the Egyptians withdrew during the second Intermediate Period, Lower Nubia seems to…
Upper Nubia and Abyssinia in 1891