The Nubo-Egyptian desert was once abundantly watered and a well-timbered region. With the exclusion of the narrow Nile valley, all of this is generally a barren waste today. Geology reveals that in the primitive ages, this country had a moist climate like the Congo basin; but these conditions prevailed in remote geological times, probably before the creation […]
There was much disposition to underrate ancient civilization, until the recent finds of Egypt, which prove the height of the splendor of the ages that ancient tradition and records spoke of as the Golden Ages of antiquity. Rawlinson speaking in his Ancient Monarchies, concerning the Babylonians said, “Though not possessed of many natural advantages, the Chaldean […]
BY DRUSILLA DUNJEE HOUSTON (1926) Because of the great lapse of time, it seems almost impossible to locate the original seat of the old Ethiopian empire. Bochart thought it was “Happy Araby,” that from this central point the Cushite race spread eastward and westward. Some authorities like Gesenius thought it was Africa. The Greeks looked […]
This is a pioneering, long-lost, work of Afrocentric history. Drusilla Dunjee Houston, (1876-1941) was a teacher, journalist and self-taught historian. Inspired by W.E.B. DuBois’ The Negro, Houston undertook a life-long quest to discover African history from an African-American perspective. Today it is clear that conventional historians’ fixation on ‘Dead White Men’ misses huge parts of the […]
The Marvelous Arabian Civilization Arabia was one of the earliest colonies of the ancient Cushite Empire of Ethiopians. Baldwin claims that it was the original land of Cush. He says, “In the oldest recorded traditions, Arabia is the land of Cush, the celebrated Ethiopia of very remote times.” He continues, “In ages older than Egypt […]
At the beginning of the historical period of Egypt, most inhabitants of the earth were rude savages. In western Europe and northern Asia, the half-human Neanderthal lived in eaves under overhanging ledges and fed upon the untamed products of the wild. Outside of Africa, we find over the earth the rude stone tools of the […]
1. Summary of the astounding contents of Books I and II. 2. The Growing Need of Light Upon Race Origins. Chapter: 1. ANCIENT CUSHITE EMPIRE OF ETHIOPIANS. 1. The Distance of the Empire in Hoary Ages. 2. It’s Spread Over Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. 3. It’s Kings the Mysterious Gods of Ancient Mythology. 2. […]
The story of India, Persia, Arabia, Chaldea, Egypt, and Ethiopia has been astonishing, but more amazing and fascinating is the recital describing the life and deeds of the Cushite nations of western Europe. The beautiful, world-renowned mythology of the Greeks throws upon the screen of literature the mystic figures of the Cushites who played a […]
The native name of Egypt was Khem, the black land. The name came not so much from the color of the soil as the hue of the inhabitants. Egypt was called the “Gift of the Nile,” because Lower Egypt was formed out of soil brought down by the mighty river. Without the Nile, Egypt would be […]
BY DRUSILLA DUNJEE HOUSTON The excavations of Petrie revealed in Egypt the remains of a distinct race that preceded the historic Egyptians. The earliest civilization was higher than that of the later dynasties. Its purer art represents an “Old Race” that fills all the background of the pre-historic ages. It colonized the first civilized centers […]
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