Interesting Facts

In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace the Queen of Naboo’s Royal ship was designed by a company on the Nubia.

On Earth, Nubia is a region in southern Egypt and northern Sudan on the banks of the Nile, also known as Kush. Interestingly, while the planet is renowned for its gorgeous silver and chrome spacecraft, the ancient region was Egypt’s main source of gold. Indeed, the ancient Egyptian word for gold was “nub”. The Nubians changed writing by allowing writing in either direction vertical or horizontal which allowed them the flexibility to include pictures in there writing in a non-detracting way. Below is an example of their work.

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  • 1. IC'Design's avatar IC'Design  |  March 13, 2012 at 5:34 pm

    Interesting. So should I take being called a Nub as a compliment from now on?

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  • 2. hrolandblanco's avatar hrolandblanco  |  March 13, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    You’re from Nubia? That’s awesome XD
    Me gusta la imagen!

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