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    In architecture, a Nubian vault is a type of curved surface forming a vaulted structure. The mudbrick structure was revived by Egyptian architect Hassan...
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    Nubians (/ˈnuːbiənz, ˈnjuː-/) (Nobiin: Nobī, Arabic: النوبيون) are a Nilo-Saharan speaking ethnic group indigenous to the region which is now northern...
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  • (disambiguation) Nubian Desert Nubian Plate Nubian pyramids Nubian Sandstone Nubian Square Nubian station Nubian Swell Nubian vault Nubian wig All pages with titles...
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    Nubia (redirect from Nubian kingdoms)
    Nubia spoke at least two varieties of Nubian languages, a subfamily that includes Nobiin (the descendant of Old Nubian), Dongolawi, Midob and several related...
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    rectangles each with sides in the ratio of 8:5": 133  Kush also invented Nubian vaults. Piye is thought to have constructed the first true pyramid at el Kurru...
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    " This era saw the integration of Nubian and Egyptian deities. After the fall of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, Nubian religious practices persisted through...
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    vault consists of a small variety of simple geometrical elements. Net vault – A vault on which a complex of ribs gives a net-like appearance. Nubian vault...
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    Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae" (despite Elephantine being neither Nubian, nor between Abu Simbel and Philae)...
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    seemed to have been once decorated. The pathway goes to a chamber with a Nubian vault and a wooden door where the king is buried. The king's bed is elaborate...
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    Christianization of the three Nubian kingdoms Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia in the sixth century. As a result of Christianization, the Old Nubian language stands as...
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    huts Nubian vault Overhead line Simple suspension bridge Steel catenary riser Stressed ribbon bridge Suspension bridge Truss arch bridge Vault (architecture)...
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    Kandake (category Nubian women in warfare)
    (August 20, 1998). "Nubian Queens in the Nile Valley and Afro-Asiatic Cultural History" (PDF). Ninth International Conference for Nubian Studies. Museum of...
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    passive cooling. Fathy is also renowned for having revived the traditional Nubian vault.[not specific enough to verify] National Life Stories conducted an oral...
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    Religion Architecture Monumental depictions of Amanitore Nubian architecture Nubian pyramids Nubian vault Pyramids of Meroë Sedeinga pyramids Technology Bow...
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    (northern Sudan and southern Egypt) in the Middle Ages. It is attested in Old Nubian documents from the 12th to the 15th centuries. It is one of the last attested...
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    Tombos Architecture Monumental depictions of Amanitore Nubian architecture Nubian pyramids Nubian vault Pyramids of Meroë Sedeinga pyramids Technology Bow...
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    The kingdom of al-Abwab was a medieval Nubian monarchy in present-day central Sudan. Initially the most northerly province of Alodia, it appeared as an...
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    Religion Architecture Monumental depictions of Amanitore Nubian architecture Nubian pyramids Nubian vault Pyramids of Meroë Sedeinga pyramids Technology Bow...
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  • spirulina, horse milk, carabao milk), shelter (building of houses using the Nubian vault technology, manufacturing of paper bricks for cooking combustible) or...
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  • light North-Western Italian architecture Novelty architecture Nubian architecture Nubian vault Nuraghe Nymphaeum Ōbaku Zen architecture Obelisk Observation...
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    (Denmark); Konstfack (Sweden); Cateran's Common Wealth (Scotland); The Nubian Vault Association (France); Unbox Festival (India); Upstarter (London); Participatory...
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    Jebel Adda) was a mountain and archaeological site on the right bank of the Nubian Nile in what is now southern Egypt. The settlement on its crest was continuously...
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    The pyramids of Kush, also known as Nubian Pyramids, have different characteristics than those of Egypt. The Nubian pyramids had steeper sides than the...
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    Catenary arch (category Arches and vaults)
    Budapest’s Keleti Railway Station forms a catenary arch. The Nubian ton is a burial vault, of Nubia, For greatest stability, the structure’s cross-section...
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    earlier African cultures that featured the movement of Badarian, Saharan, Nubian, and Nilotic populations. Bruce Williams, Egyptologist, has stated "The...
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    Kane, Busta Rhymes, J. Cole, Jay-Z, Method Man, Rakim, Wu-Tang Clan, Brand Nubian, Nas, Common, Poor Righteous Teachers, Erykah Badu, and AZ. With these artists...
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    on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2011. "A Visit to the Doomsday Vault". CBS News. 20 March 2008. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved...
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  • on the newly named Scammell Motors site at Watford. The Thornycroft 6x4 Nubian heavy dumptruck was the first transfer inwards, regularly adapted for the...
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    to do so, Bey uses his magical powers to kill him and then hypnotizes a Nubian to be his slave and bring the Scroll to him. After the servant does so,...
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    History of early and simple domes (category Arches and vaults)
    region of Nubia with dates beginning in the second millennium BC. The "Nubian dome" technique of using a movable guide to lay courses of a spherical dome...
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