Photograph by David Anthony Hohol

Nubia is a region that lies predominantly in today’s northern Sudan, with small parts stretching into southern Egypt.  Running through the Northeast of Sudan, the Nile Valley was once home to the original Nubian Dynasty and its capital of Kemma, nearly five thousand years ago. Between 2,600 B.C and 1,500 Bc,  more than 220 pyramids were built in a wide variety of sizes throughout the region. What’s most fascinating about these pyramids is that things today are largely in their original state. Unlike Egypt’s Pyramids of  Giza, they have not been maintained and re-built, but are as they were more than 4000 years ago. Jagged and unshorn from roughly 4 millenniums of erosion, they still stand tall - a testament to the engineering skills of all those who built them.

In the photo above, a lone Sudanese Bedouin looks on from an unspoiled sand dune. To his left is a smaller sized pyramid used exclusively for burial. Every part of the world has its own beauty, and this image captures a perfect moment of purifying solitude in the lost deserts of Sudan.

Photograph taken by David Anthony Hohol

Pride can often be both seen and felt, as in the photo above. Taken in Jordan’s capital of Amman, in the Eastern side of the city, the merchant sits in one of the many outdoor fruit and vegetable markets scattered throughout the impoverished end of town. While the West End is home to Starbucks, Movie Cinemas, and Shopping Malls, the East, almost entirely made up of uprooted Palestinian refugees, represents the true soul of Amman.

His chin pointed outward and an ever so slight smile stretched across his round face, the man in the photo reveals the undying dignity and pride in the face of hardship that has come to symbolize the steadfast spirit of the Arab World.

Photograph by David Anthony Hohol

Since our launch in June of 2009, RELATIVITY OnLine has continually attempted to reveal the multiplicity of perspective; global viewpoints that make our multi-colored neon kaleidoscope world the wondrous embodiment of humanity’s spirit and soul. This week marks the first inclusion of our Photo of the Week, an image of a single moment from somewhere across our planet that will stay with us forever - an immortal moment in time.

This week’s photo was taken a few hours outside of Uganda’s capital city of Kampala. The haunting eyes of a banana farmer’s year old daughter reflect a thousand stories from the world’s cradle of civilization and the purity of innocence that was once within us all.