Museum of Nubia

The uba Museum was opeed ad opeed to the public i 1997 as part of UESCO’s iteratioal campaig, which bega i 1960 to save the aciet ruis of ubia. The museum icludes the work of excavatios i ubia areas that will be flooded after the costructio of the High Dam. The total area of ​​the museum is 50000 m2, of which 7000 m2 is allocated for the buildig. The desig of the museum was ispired by the traditioal architecture of the ubia village. The desig was completed with local sadstoe ad pik graite, makig it oe of the wiers of the Aghakha Award for Architecture i 2001. Amog the most promiet exhibits are a prehistoric skeleto, as well as a collectio of the tombs of Qustal ad Balaah, which were carried out durig the secod archaeological survey of ubia ear the secod rampart of the Aswa reservoir. These iclude may iro weapos, silver ad agate- Silver oramets, ad crockery. The museum also houses a ethographic exhibitio of traditioal ubia society prior to displacemet