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The Nubians (Arabic ????, Nuubi) are an ethnic group originally from northern Sudan, and now resides throughout East Africa and some parts of Northeast Africa, in southern Egypt.

The Nubian people in Sudan inhabit the region between Halfa in the north to north Aldaba in the south. The main Nubian groups are from north to south are Halfaweyen, Sikut (Sickkout), Mahas and Danagla. They speak different dialects of the Nubian language.

In ancient times Nubians were depicted by Egyptians as having very dark skin, often shown with hooped earrings and with braided or extended hair.[1] Ancient Nubians were famous for their vast wealth, their trade between central Africa and the lower Nile valley civilizations including Egypt, their skill and precision with the bow, their 23 letter alphabet, the use of adding deadly poison to their arrows, their great military, their advanced civilization, and their century rule over the united upper and lower Egyptian kingdoms.[2]