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Solange Ashby, Adjunct Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient Studies, Barnard College


The prominence of powerful goddesses and queens in the Nubian Kingdom of Kush (now Northern Sudan) highlights the unusually high status of women in this ancient African society and serves as a fitting focus for the study of female power in the ancient world. Using temple inscriptions found in Egypt and Nubia, the rich funerary goods found in royal burials, and temple and tomb imagery, Solange Ashby discusses how ancient Africans of the Nile Valley understood female power and presence. Songs from Beyoncé’s recent production “Black Is King” are woven into this presentation on Kushite queens to emphasize the power and centrality of the African queen mother in her royal family and kingdom.


Presented by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture with support from the Marcella Tilles Memorial Fund.


Advanced registration required. Visit the event registration page to register for this free virtual event. Registration closes 30 minutes before start time. 


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ÄM 7261. © Foto: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung der Staatlichen

Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz Fotograf/in: Sandra Steiß



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