The ancient art of Sudan is something that has added rich cultural traditions to the world's culture as the art has displayed a diverse development of intricacy and vision. The Nubian art comes from different epochs in the Sudanese nation including early Nubia, Napata, and Meroe. The art coming from Sudan reflects diverse media including iron melding, paintings, sculpture, pottery (as shown above), and gold adornments symbolizing wealth and status. Some of the prehistoric rock paintings are reminiscent of the bushman paintings in Southern Africa, suggesting that there are links between the bushmen and the Nilotics as expressed through the prehistoric art. There are also female figurines depicting the fertility of the female body from prehistoric times along with pottery. The later Nubian art reveals sculptures of bulls with long horns, resembling the Nilotic cattle, in fact the Dinka still make similar art today. The more recent arts include the Meroe and late Napata designs that were painted intricately onto vases and other sculptures and wall reliefs. The wide variety of arts found in the history of Sudan shows the nature of the culture in Sudan, one that is vibrant and ever-changing continuously linked to the historical heritage.
These are the pyramids that were discovered in Ancient Nubia from the period of rule of Ancient Kush. This shows that there were similar feats in Science and Archetecture in ancient Kush and ancient Egypt. Who could have occupied this area? Did the people of the South migrate to the South after war came from the North and are the Nilotic tribes of the South somehow linked to this ancient culture? Perhaps the people of Abyei were just looking for more fertile rainfed grazing lands. This is an argument proposed by many eminent writers on the subject of African history, such as Cheikh Anta Diop.
