«Тахиййат»: Сборник статей в честь Н. Н. Дьякова

m 36 n Herman Bell and Ré Phillips early flowering of human civilization as a vital element in their personal identity. Project B: The Rise and Fall of Women's Art in Egyptian Nubia The Nubian Festival brought Egyptian Nubian scholars to meet with Nubians of Sudan. The study of house decorations could become a joint activity. Just before the resettlement of the Kunuzi Nubians in 1964, the mural paintings on their houses in Egyptian Nubia reached an artistic peak. After the resettlement this phenomenon almost disappeared. What were the psychological and social reasons for this dramatic rise and fall? A sample photograph of an old Kunuzi house in northern Egyptian Nubia is shown below. Project C: Examining the Claim that Nubia has a Culture of Peace In the academic literature it has been maintained that Nubia has a “cul- ture of peace”, as presented by Robert Fernea (2004, 105–121, in Kemp G., Fry D. P. (eds.), in Keeping the Peace: Conflict Resolution and Peaceful Kunuzi House in 1963 ( Courtesy of Ann and Herman Bell )