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Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo (Ancient Egyptian: 𓇿𓉔𓃭𓈎, romanized: tꜣhrwq, Akkadian: Tar-qu-ú, Hebrew: תִּרְהָקָה, romanized: Tīrhāqā, Manetho's Tarakos, Strabo's Tearco), was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom of Kush (present day Sudan) from 690 to 664 BC. He was ...
Taharqa (flourished 7th century bce) was the fourth king (reigned 690–664 bce) of the 25th dynasty of ancient Egypt (see ancient Egypt: The 24th and 25th dynasties). Taharqa succeeded his cousin Shebitku on the throne.
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Taharqa was the son of Piye and the cousin and successor of Shebitku. He was a pharaoh of the Ancient Egyptian 25th dynasty and king of the Kingdom of Kush in Northern Sudan. He reigned between 690 and 664 BC. Taharqa, "The Black Pharaoh," focuses on a particular chapter in the history of Egypt: from around 750 BCE and in the century that followed,...
When Shabaka conquered Lower Egypt and became Nubian king, he was accompanied by his nephew Taharqa, who was about age 20. Later, during Shabaka's reign as pharaoh, Egypt confronted the growing might of Assyria on the battlefield. During this encounter, Taharqa was at the head of the Egyptian army. However, from a historical point of view, it remai...
During his period of Egyptian rule, Taharqa encouraged many architectural projects. The same can be said about his Nubian predecessors. He erected monuments at Karnak, Thebes, and Tanis in Lower Egypt and built several prominent temples in Cush, Egypt's neighbor to the south. Cush played an important role in biblical history. Pharaoh Taharqa and th...
Jan 27, 2021 · Taharqa (?-664 B.C.E.) Both a pharaoh of Egypt and a king of Kush (in present-day Sudan), Taharqa (meaning “young man” or “young warrior”) was the son of Piankhi (or Piye), the king of the Kushites who conquered Egypt in 744 and founded its 25th dynasty that lasted 88 years from 744 to 656 B.C.E.
Taharqa (reigned ca. 688-ca. 663 B.C.) was a Nubian pharaoh of Egypt. He was the last ruler of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, the so-called Ethiopian Dynasty, and was driven out of Lower Egypt by the Assyrians as they began to conquer Egypt.
Jul 20, 2021 · Taharqa was the son of Piye, the Nubian king of Napata who had first conquered Egypt. Taharqa was also the cousin and successor of Shebitku. He was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore of the Kingdom of Kush, from 690 to 664 BC.
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The 25th dynasty was a line of pharaohs who originated in the Kingdom of Kush, located in present-day northern Sudan and Upper Egypt. Most of this dynasty's kings saw Napata as their spiritual homeland. They reigned in part or all of Ancient Egypt for nearly a century, from 744 to 656 BC. [5][6][7][8]
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