Ancient Anubi

Ancient Anubi refers to the northwestern area of the Badlands where a number of ruined Anubi temple-cities are located. Like the rest of the Badlands, the Ancient Anubi region is a red-sanded desert which supports very little life. The area is a hotspot for archaeologists and explorers, not all of whom return from their expeditions. 
==History==
Scholars say that in ancient times- between 3,000 and 4,000 years before the Common Age- Anubi was a lush river country, enjoying a flow of clear water from Dorthellond in the north. Explorers have found numerous examples of Anubi tools and farming equipment that is sized for both humans and Anubi, suggesting that some segment of their population worked alongside their human slaves. Stone, strongly suspected to have been mined from ancient quarries in far eastern Kai Duren, was used to construct massive temple-cities. The walls of these structures bear the pictographs of the Anubi, unveiling stories about their gods and kings.
==Destruction==
To this day, nobody knows for sure why Anubi became the Badlands that it is today. The two most popular theories are debated hotly in scholarly communities and probably will be for decades to come. 
The first theory contends that the Anubi developed some kind of magic weapon. Pictographs from some temples depict an enormously powerful device, invented by the Anubi, and also state that the device was to be used for "destroying non-believers." Scholars who support this theory- known in the Anubi community as Weaponists- say that the weapon lead to the Anubi's destruction and ultimately destroyed their homeland. 
The second theory, supported by Divinists, offers an even more simple explanation: that the gods themselves struck Anubi from the earth as punishment for defying them. Plenty of evidence suggests that the Anubi worshipped their kings as gods, something that Divinists state the actual gods would not have taken lightly. 
==Exploration==
Anubi was first explored in the early 1400's. The earliest existing record is of an expedition leaving from White City in 1403, led by Jonah Temple. The expedition was a well-documented disaster, ending in the death of dozens of members of the crew from the desert heat and various temple traps. Temple's second expedition, mounted in 1409, was more successful and resulted in a wealth of knowledge being revealed about the Anubi and their homeland.
==See Also==
*Anubi - the race who lived in Ancient Anubi.
*Badlands - where Ancient Anubi is located.
*Jonah Temple - the explorer who was the first to mount an expedition to Ancient Anubi. 
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