Why does Egyptian art often feature people from Nubia?

Answer 1

Because Egypt always fought Egypt eventually conquered Nubia and like the slaves influenced the egypitan culture

Answer 2

Egypt and Nubia had close ties throughout the histories of both regions. As early as the Egyptian Predynastic period there is clear evidence of contact, primarily through trade, between Egypt and Nubia. This contact continued through time, with Egypt and Nubia either being trading partners or rivals. At various times, Egyptians invaded the area of Nubia and set up forts and other settlements to maintain control of the region. In later history, the Nubians themselves ruled Egypt for a few generations.
Nubia was one of the historic enemies of Egypt in the Egyptian's own world view - one of the Nine Bows. Thus, Nubians were a popular iconographic element in art as one of the Nine Bows - in some ways a representation of the elements of chaos and of the power and might of the king in defeating the enemies of ma'at (order) even if the "defeat" was only in artistic representations and not necessarily in reality.
By the New Kingdom, Nubian royalty was closely tied to Egypt with sons of high-ranking Nubians brought to the Egyptian court to be educated. This served to bring them up in an Egyptian manner and, hopefully (for the Egyptians) prevent them from wanting to rebel against Egyptian control.
Various Nubian peoples were brought into Egypt as slaves. There also seems to have been some voluntary relocation into Egypt, either by nomadic groups or by other groups of Nubians who served as merecenaries or as formal regiments in the Egyptian military.

Answer 3

Nubia is the area south of Egypt proper, and was conquered by Egypt. Nubian slaves and soldiers were common, so they were often depicted in Egyptian art.

Answer 4

I know a couple of people have mentioned that Egypt concured Nubia but Nubian kings also concured and ruled Egypt, King Piankhy for one.

Answer 5

Because Nubia was just North of Eygpt. Also the ruling classes of Eygpt were of Nubian descent. As ever in history what was considered beautiful was what showed power or wealth (think tan and good hair now). Therefore Nubian beauty was considered very beautiful, one of the expliations for the plaited wigs that they wore.

So there were lots of Nubian lookng people portrayed in Eygptian art.

Answer 6

why shouldn't it, Egyptian art is like telling stories, and Nubia s play a roll on it.
sorry teacher but you don't have enough education, or you ignore the facts.

Answer 7

as answered by my egyptian history major husband. "because we destroyed thier (the nubians) lives". in order to build the high dam they had to build a resiorvior and that resiovior destryed the nubian homes they evacuated them from thier original homes and re-located them hence detrying them so they appear in art as a sort of guilt thing.

Answer 8

Sounds like a homework quesiton.

Answer 9

Because Egypt is in Africa.

Answer 10

because the original egyptians were black not arab,that's right king tut was a brother