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He unveiled the Kushite civilization, but his narrow-minded view of race meant that despite all the evidence he uncovered, he could not fathom the idea that dark-skinned Africans had built this great society.” George Reisner, the archaeologist who discovered most of the Kush treasures, made matters worse. “Here was this great civilization that rose up alongside the Egyptians, conquered them for a time, and then was relegated to the shadows when the Egyptians recorded their history. “The story is a perfect example of history being written by the victors,” says executive producer Jared Lipworth.
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"Rise Of The Black Pharaohs" tells the forgotten story of unexpected conquest and buried history. Re-creations round out the film and bring the Kushite uprising to life.
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Professional climbers scale a dangerous, crumbling spire, searching for clues about the Kush empire, and agile, networked robots help the archaeologists explore parts of the tomb complex that are too dangerous to enter without scouting. Shot in HD in Sudan and Egypt, "Rise Of The Black Pharaohs" uses drones to capture the archaeological sites from above and create important aerial perspective of the excavations. So when the Kushites rose up, they believed they were doing so to put Egypt back on the right religious path-chosen as the true leaders born in the shadow of Amun’s mountain. Both the Egyptians and the Kushites believed Jebel Barkal was home to Amun-Egypt’s supreme god-of-gods. At a mountain called Jebel Barkal, he believes he’s found the key to the rise of the Kush-the underpinning for their belief that they were the true heirs to the spiritual traditions of the great pharaohs like Ramses II and Thutmose III. Not far from El Kurru, archaeologist Tim Kendall has his sights set on a loftier prize. Emberling is following in the footsteps of famous archeologist George Reisner, who excavated most of the other major Kushite sites, but could never get past his racial myopia and accept that these dark-skinned African people had built such an advanced and powerful society. He hopes to find the bones of a Kushite king and the treasure he took with him into the afterlife. Emberling, a National Geographic grantee, is digging his way into a royal pyramid/tomb at a site called El Kurru.
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Archeologists Geoff Emberling and Tim Kendall are at the heart of the Kushite revival. "Rise Of The Black Pharaohs," premiering Wednesday, Octoon PBS, features exciting new archaeological finds in Sudan that are revealing the truth about the great Kush dynasty.