The power of the Egyptians reached no farther than the northern end of the Island of Meroe; and it was not truly effective by Nepata, the modern Marawi (Malawi), near the foot of the fourth Cataract.
Modern Sudan beliefs are identical with those of Ancient Egyptians (more intense in West Africa, my empassis), because the Egyptians were Africans and the modern peoples of the Sudan are Africans. (Osiris, {Esiri, Asiri} and the Egyptian Resurrection), By E.A. Wallis Budge, Page XVii.
But Note: the modern people of Egypt are Arabs.
