Kushite

Though doubt needled her -- for Ereshkigal was as shrewd as any Kushite assassin -- it had been an eternity since she had been flattered.

Archive 2009-12-01 Reis O'Brien 2009

Though doubt needled her -- for Ereshkigal was as shrewd as any Kushite assassin -- it had been an eternity since she had been flattered.

Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2009

For this National Geographic illustration I needed to show a triumphant Kushite king accepting the homage of vanquished princes in Egypt in 724 BCE.

Kushite King James Gurney 2009

He showed me primary-source drawings of the snake headdress, sandals, wing corselet, and transparent garment worn by Kushite royalty.

Archive 2009-02-01 James Gurney 2009

He showed me primary-source drawings of the snake headdress, sandals, wing corselet, and transparent garment worn by Kushite royalty.

Kushite King James Gurney 2009

But it might reflect the steep-sided pyramids found in Meroe, Nubia (modern-day Sudan), capital of the Kushite kings who conquered and ruled Egypt during the 25th Dynasty (752-656 B.C.).

Cemeteries 2009

For this National Geographic illustration I needed to show a triumphant Kushite king accepting the homage of vanquished princes in Egypt in 724 BCE.

Archive 2009-02-01 James Gurney 2009

The Stygians built it into a city and settled it with their own people, and with Shemite and Kushite slaves.

The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

I jumped overboard one night and swam ashore when we were anchored off the Kushite coast.

The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

And he is likely to speak of any black man as a Kushite, whether he happens to be a Keshani, Darfari, Puntan, or Kushite proper.

The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005