He says, I was a valiant servant of the ruler of Cush, I washed my feet in the waters of Cush, in the suite of the ruler Ndh, and I returned safe and sound to my family.
-Hieroglyphic Inscription, Stela found at Buhen, Second Cataract, now in Khartoum Museum, Second Intermediate Period, 1700-1550 BCE
We drove the herd north through Cush, Nubia, and passed not far from Buhen Fortress, now submerged by Lake Nasser, and at that last watering from the Nile, before skirting wide around its Khors, lateral bays, on the way to Egypt, we did indeed wash our feet in its waters, and each of us later returned safely to our families.