Blemmyes

E392376

Nubian people ancient people ethnic group nomadic people tribal confederation

The Blemmyes were an ancient nomadic people of Nubia and the Eastern Desert, often depicted in classical sources as headless warriors with faces on their chests.

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Label	Occurrences
Blemmyes canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nubian people ⓘ ancient people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ nomadic people ⓘ tribal confederation ⓘ
activeInPeriod	Byzantine period ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
appearsInWork	Mela's Chorographia ⓘ Pliny the Elder’s Natural History ⓘ surface form: Pliny the Elder's Natural History late antique Greek and Latin geographical texts ⓘ
associatedWith	Red Sea trade network ⓘ surface form: Eastern Desert trade routes Nubian Desert ⓘ Red Sea trade ⓘ
capitalOrCenter	Kalabsha ⓘ Talmis ⓘ
conflictedWith	Byzantine emperors ⓘ surface form: Byzantine authorities Byzantine Egypt ⓘ surface form: Roman Egypt Roman Empire ⓘ
describedAs	desert dwellers ⓘ nomadic warriors ⓘ
economyBasedOn	caravan trade ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ raiding ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Eastern Desert Nubia ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Afroasiatic
locatedIn	Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Eastern Desert Lower Nubia ⓘ Nubia ⓘ region between the Nile and the Red Sea ⓘ
mentionedIn	Greek sources ⓘ Roman sources ⓘ classical sources ⓘ
mythologizedAs	monstrous race ⓘ
neighborOf	Nobatae ⓘ
portrayedAs	headless people ⓘ headless warriors with faces on their chests ⓘ
portrayedIn	Greek mythology ⓘ Roman ethnographic literature ⓘ
possiblySpoke	early Cushitic language ⓘ
regionControl	parts of Lower Nubia in Late Antiquity ⓘ
religion	Egyptian polytheism ⓘ
sometimesIdentifiedWith	Beja people ⓘ Medieval Beja tribes ⓘ
sourceOf	medieval legends of headless men ⓘ
worshipedDeity	Isis ⓘ Mandulis ⓘ local Nubian deities ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beja → associatedAncientName → Blemmyes ⓘ