ARCE Chicago: A Nubia-Centric View of Egypt’s Twenty-fifth Dynasty

The Twenty-fifth Dynasty, the time of Kushite hegemony, was one of the most creative and prolific periods for sculpture and architecture in Egypt—certainly an anomaly for a country under foreign rule.  This talk will examine the country the Kushites entered, look at some of the royal and private works created under their aegis, and attempt to solve the mystery of how and why this happened.