Solange Ashby. Черная-царица: Божественный статус женщины в стране Куш

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” will be 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 with support from the Marcella Tilles Memorial Fund About the Speaker Solange Ashby holds a PhD in Egyptology with a specialization in ancient Egyptian language and Nubian religion from th