Remains of Nubian soldier who lived 1,400 years ago found in Egypt

La Prensa ^ | May 16, 2013 | unattributed

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Cairo, May 16 (EFE).- Archaeologists found the 1,400-year-old remains of a Nubian soldier in Aswan, a city in southern Egypt, Minister of State for Antiquities Ahmed Eisa said.

The soldier's remains were discovered in a field that dates to the Late Roman Period and Early Middle Age near the border of Egypt and Nubia.

The find shows that conflicts broke out periodically along the frontier between Egypt and Nubia, a region that covered parts of southern Egypt and northern Sudan.

The soldier's remains are in good condition and he appeared to be between 25 and 35 at the time of his death, the ministry said, adding that he was stabbed just under the chest.

The body was buried with stones from a border wall that apparently collapsed during the fighting.

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Archaeologists found the 1,400-year-old remains of a Nubian soldier in Aswan, a city in southern Egypt. EFE/Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities

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Died while (apparently) fighting the Romans -- and losing to them. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Was he buried in a uniform, or was he completely Nube ?

[wildbill]

Is this where the archeologists begin to speculate that he must have been a person of high rank since he was buried with accoutrements of war—instead of sticking a bone up his butt and letting the wild dogs drag him away?

[Cvengr]

The fate of Nube’s

[muir_redwoods]

Was he killed by the first muslim wave of scum?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Have they notified the next on kin yet?

[SunkenCiv]

From the photo, he looks a lot like a modern Nubian.

[SunkenCiv]

LOL!

[SunkenCiv]

The wall fell over and buried him, probably wasn’t any effort to dig him out back at that time. :’)

[1010RD]

He doesn’t look to be in “good condition” to me. At least not what I think of as good condition.

[SunkenCiv]

The poor guy was lying under a stone wall for fourteen centuries, so, yeah, in good condition. Most of the bones are there, in large part due to the dry climate (the first Egyptian mummification was due to natural dessication).

[count-your-change]

As one Pharaoh said, “You let one Nubian in and they want to bring their whole families along!”.

[submarinerswife]

I am surprised that neither the scattered remains of the wall nor the skeleton were scavenged for building material through out the centuries.

[submarinerswife]

instead of sticking a bone up his butt and letting the wild dogs drag him away?

Heh.

[Vendome]