Nubian Ceremonial Life: Studies in Islamic Syncretism and Cultural Change

by Robert A. Fernea

Book Overview

The building of Egypt's High Dam in the 1960s erased innumerable historic treasures, but it also forever obliterated the ancient land of a living people, the Nubians. In 1963-64, they were removed en masse from their traditional homelands in southern Egypt and resettled elsewhere. Much of the life of old Nubia revolved around ceremonialism, and in this remarkable study, John G. Kennedy and other leading anthropologists from around the world reveal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774249550
• ISBN13: 9789774249556
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.0"