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...degrees]F even during the prime winter digging season. At least 15 teams from the U.S., Europe and Sudan are sifting through the same sands for secrets of ancient Nubia, the world's first black civilization, which at its height stretched more than 1,000 miles along the Nile River, from what is today the central part of Sudan to the southern reaches of Egypt...
...land" until quite recently. The first excavators from Europe found Egypt to be less backward, less remote and less prone to yellow fever, and thus far more pleasant and accessible. Egypt's sites also proved to be so rich that there was little reason to search farther up the Nile...
...years ago, Bonnet excavated a funerary temple in Kerma that powerfully illustrates Nubia's synthesis of frontier influences. On one interior wall he found Egyptian motifs, including Nile fishing boats, bullfights and an enormous crocodile. Another wall was covered with rows of giraffes and hippopotamuses--African wildlife rarely seen in ancient Egypt...
...first time, Americans are working with African patriots," he says. "Before, the U.S. called us leftists. What did it mean? We were just fighting for independence." With Nelson Mandela's South Africa as an additional beacon, Museveni's highlands sphere is creating a new sense of possibility from the Nile to the Cape. The new leaders might yet evolve into oppressive Big Men themselves. But for now, a part of the world that once was known as the Dark Continent is hoping to find itself...
...Byrne's CD? Most of the songs on the CD, produced by Nile Rodgers, sound like limp imitations of Alanis Morissette. An advertorial track, It's a Woman Thing, doesn't help either. Byrne is a nonsmoker, but recording for a cigarette company doesn't bother her. "The exposure is tremendous," she says. Unfortunately for many young women, that exposure could be dangerous to their health...