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Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo , was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore of the Kingdom of Kush from 690 to 664 BC. He was one of the "Black Pharaohs" who ruled over Egypt for nearly a century.
G65/10, British Museum, London. Identification. EA 1770. Reg number: 1932,0611.1. The Sphinx of Taharqo is a granite gneiss statue of a sphinx with the face of Taharqo. He was a Nubian king, who was one of the 25th Egyptian Dynasty (about 747–656 BC) rulers of the Kingdom of Kush. It is now in the British Museum in London.
Aug 19, 2019 · In 674 B.C., the Assyrians attempted to invade Egypt, but Taharqa was able to repel them (this time); the Assyrians were successful in taking Egypt in 671 B.C. But, during this series of back-and-forth conquests and tossing out of the invaders, Taharqa died. His heir, Tanwetamani (ruled c. 664 to 656 B.C.), didn't hold out long against the ...
Jul 2, 2019 · The largest and oldest pyramid at Nuri belongs to its most famous resident: the pharaoh Taharqa, a Kushite king who in the seventh century B.C. rallied his troops to the northern edges of his ...
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The hieroglyphs of Taharqa, including rare variants, with detailed descriptions of the titles and the sources of the name. Taharqa was the fourth pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. a.k.a. Taharka, Taharqo
Taharqa's Egypt still held sway in Khor during this period as evidenced by Esarhaddon's 671 BC annal mentioning that Tyre's King Ba'lu had "put his trust upon his friend Taharqa", Ashkelon's alliance with Egypt, and Esarhaddon's inscription asking "if the Egyptian forces will defeat Esarhaddon at Ashkelon."
1978 30 Sept-11 Nov, Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum, 'Africa in Antiquity: The Arts of Ancient Nubia and the Sudan'. 2010-2011, London, BM/BBC, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'. 2 April to 21 June 2015, Copenhagen, NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, 'Taharqo; the Black Pharaoh'. 2018-2019 8 Nov-24 Feb, London, BM, I am Ashurbanipal, king of the ...
