Nubiology
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Nubiology is the designation given to the primarily archaeological
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...

 science that specialises in the scientific study of Ancient Nubia
Nubia
Nubia is a region along the Nile river, which is located in northern Sudan and southern Egypt.There were a number of small Nubian kingdoms throughout the Middle Ages, the last of which collapsed in 1504, when Nubia became divided between Egypt and the Sennar sultanate resulting in the Arabization...

 and its antiquities. It is sometimes also applied to scientists who study other ancient lands and cultures south of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...

. The term was coined by Kazimierz Michałowski
Kazimierz Michalowski
Kazimierz Józef Marian Michałowski was a Polish archaeologist and Egyptologist, and the founder of Nubiology.-Life:...

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