Aspelta was a ruler of the kingdom of Kush (c. 600 – c. 580 BCE). More is known about him and his reign than most of the rulers of Kush. He left several...

naming years. Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as king of Kush. Pittacus of Mytilene, one of the Seven Sages of Greece Aspelta, king of Kush v t e...

King Karkamani Nuri 8 - King Aspelta, son of King Senkamanisken and Queen Naparaye Nuri 9 - King Aramatle-qo, son of Aspelta Nuri 10 - King Amaninatakilebte...

and princes including Anlami and Aspelta. The bodies of these kings were placed in huge granite sarcophagi. Aspelta's weighed 15.5 tons, and its lid weighed...

Myers, 1928 Aspelta europaea Hauer, 1939 Aspelta harringi Remane, 1929 Aspelta lestes Harring & Myers, 1928 Aspelta pachida (Gosse, 1887) Aspelta reibischi...

was the son of Senkamanisken, his predecessor, and the elder brother of Aspelta, his successor. Anlamani used titles based on those of the Egyptian pharaohs...

endures") Nomen: Aramatle-qo Aramatle-qo was the son and successor of King Aspelta and Queen Henuttakhbit. He had several wives: Atmataka, her pyramid is...

Assyrian Empire 6th century BC Egypt: 592 BC: Psamtik II sacks Napata Sudan: Aspelta moves the Kushite capital to Meroe Near East: 539 BC: Achaemenid conquest...

Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, 690–664 BCE Statue of the Kushite Pharaoh Aspelta, Napata period (c. 620–580 BCE) Column and elephant - part of the temple...

the Nubian Pharaohs Taharqa, Tanwetamani, Senkamanisken, Anlamani, and Aspelta, who ruled Egypt in the 25th Dynasty. Statues of various rulers of the...

Tirthankara, Mahavira, takes Diksha. 568 BC—Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as king of Kush. 567 BC—Former pharaoh Apries invades Egypt with Babylonian...

likely that this was a time of unrest and conflict within the royal elite. Aspelta moved the capital to Meroë, considerably farther south than Napata, possibly...

p. 154. ISBN 978-1-135-01457-5. "Statue of King Aspelta". collections.mfa.org. "Statue of King Aspelta". collections.mfa.org. Dunham, Dows: The Barkal...

though it is now known to have been a palace. Colossal statue of King Aspelta from the Temple of Amun, Jebel Barkal. Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The...

city in history, lasting 13 years. 568 BC: Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as King of Kush. 562 BC: Amel-Marduk succeeds Nebuchadnezzar as King of...

Amanimalel and Nasalsa, the latter of whom bore him two sons: Anlamani and Aspelta. Both sons would ultimately assume the Kushite throne after his death at...

with the ruler in this pyramid, not unlike those found buried with King Aspelta in Nuri 8, but the function of which remains obscure. According to Herodotus...

Kushite capital was sacked under the reign of the native Kushite king Aspelta who was the younger brother of Anlamani and the son of Senkamanisken. The...

Piye Shebitku Shabaka Taharqa Tantamani Atlanersa Senkamanisken Anlamani Aspelta Early Meroitic Aramatle-qo Malonaqen Analmaye Amaninatakilebte Piankhariten...

of his successors, including Tanwetamani, Senkamanisken, Anlamani, and Aspelta. This discovery was partially accidental, as Reisner had only happened...

Piye Shebitku Shabaka Taharqa Tantamani Atlanersa Senkamanisken Anlamani Aspelta Early Meroitic Aramatleqo Malonaqen Analmaye Amaninatakilebte Piankhariten...

Piye Shebitku Shabaka Taharqa Tantamani Atlanersa Senkamanisken Anlamani Aspelta Early Meroitic Aramatle-qo Malonaqen Analmaye Amaninatakilebte Piankhariten...

the royal cemetery of Nuri (Nuri 40). She was perhaps the wife of king Aspelta, but this is only a guess. Her only known title is big king's wife, Hmt-niswt...

Piye Shebitku Shabaka Taharqa Tantamani Atlanersa Senkamanisken Anlamani Aspelta Early Meroitic Aramatle-qo Malonaqen Analmaye Amaninatakilebte Piankhariten...

Her royal husband is not known for sure. Perhaps she was the wife of Aspelta and daughter of Senkamanisken, as proposed by Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming...

and Person of Egypt. She was presumed to have been the wife of the king Aspelta. Asata is mainly known from her burial at Nuri (Nuri 42). Her burial consisted...

in her burial. It has been suggested that she may have the daughter of Aspelta and sister-wife of Aramatle-qo. She bears the titles king's mother and...

Dynasty–early Napatan period: Tantamani, Taharqa (rear), Senkamanisken, again Tantamani (rear), Aspelta, Anlamani, again Senkamanisken. Kerma Museum....

Piye Shebitku Shabaka Taharqa Tantamani Atlanersa Senkamanisken Anlamani Aspelta Early Meroitic Aramatle-qo Malonaqen Analmaye Amaninatakilebte Piankhariten...

350 AD. Initially, its main capital was farther north at Napata. King Aspelta moved the capital to Meroë, considerably farther south than Napata, possibly...