• 18°32′N 31°50′E / 18.53°N 31.84°E / 18.53; 31.84 Napata Napata /ˈnæpətə/ (Old Egyptian Npt, Npy; Meroitic Napa; Ancient Greek: Νάπατα and Ναπάται)...
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    amid the Late Bronze Age collapse, the Kushites reestablished a kingdom in Napata (now modern Karima, Sudan). Though Kush had developed many cultural affinities...
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    capital of the first was at Kerma (2500–1500 BC), the second was centered on Napata (1000–300 BC) and the third was centered on Meroë (300 BC – 300 AD). In...
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    north at Napata. King Aspelta moved the capital to Meroë, considerably farther south than Napata, possibly c. 591 BC, just after the sack of Napata by Egyptian...
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  • Erebidae Subfamily: Arctiinae Genus: Uranophora Species: U. iridis Binomial name Uranophora iridis (Hampson, 1898) Synonyms Napata iridis Hampson, 1898...
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    important temples was dedicated to Amun at Jebel Barkal in the city of Napata. This Temple of Amun was enlarged by later Egyptian and Nubian Pharaohs...
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    Kushite Empire, the Black Pharaohs, or the Napatans, after their capital Napata, was the last dynasty of the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt that occurred...
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  • Erebidae Subfamily: Arctiinae Genus: Uranophora Species: U. castra Binomial name Uranophora castra (Hampson, 1898) Synonyms Napata castra Hampson, 1898...
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    the Kushites of northern Nubia were defeated and Napata sacked. The destruction of the capital of Napata was not a crippling blow to the Kushites and did...
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  • Uranophora munda is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found on Haiti. Savela, Markku. "Uranophora munda...
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    spiritually. Indeed, major pharaonic ceremonies were held at Jebel Barkal near Napata. As an Egyptian colony from the 16th century BC, Nubia ("Kush") was governed...
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  • Subfamily: Arctiinae Genus: Uranophora Species: U. unifascia Binomial name Uranophora unifascia (Schaus, 1898) Synonyms Napata unifascia Schaus, 1898...
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    Tanis Historical capital of Egypt 732 – 720 BC Succeeded by Napata/Memphis Preceded by Napata/Memphis Historical capital of Egypt 664 – 525 BC Succeeded by...
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    Subfamily: Arctiinae Genus: Uranophora Species: U. leucotelus Binomial name Uranophora leucotelus (Butler, 1876) Synonyms Napata leucotelus Butler, 1876...
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    daughter of Kashta and possibly Pebatjma. While Kashta ruled Nubia from Napata, which is 400 km north of Khartoum, the modern capital of Sudan, he also...
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    Arctiinae Genus: Uranophora Species: U. quadristrigata Binomial name Uranophora quadristrigata (Hampson, 1898) Synonyms Napata quadristrigata Hampson, 1898...
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    Family: Erebidae Subfamily: Arctiinae Genus: Uranophora Species: U. chalybea Binomial name Uranophora chalybea Hübner, [1831] Synonyms Napata chalybea...
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    25th Dynasty ended with its rulers retreating to their spiritual homeland at Napata. It was there (at El-Kurru and Nuri) that all 25th Dynasty pharaohs were...
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    mountain, together with the extensive archaeological site at its base (ancient Napata), were named as the center of a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The Jebel...
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    Arctiinae Genus: Uranophora Species: U. walkeri Binomial name Uranophora walkeri (H. Druce, 1889) Synonyms Evius walkeri H. Druce, 1889 Napata walkeri...
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  • Subfamily: Arctiinae Genus: Uranophora Species: U. guatemalena Binomial name Uranophora guatemalena (H. Druce, 1884) Synonyms Napata guatemalena H. Druce, 1884...
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  • Binomial name Uranophora eucyane (Felder, 1874) Synonyms Cyanopepla eucyane Felder, 1874 Belemniastis eucyane Napata eucyane Uranophora felderi Zerny, 1912...
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    based at Napata, began to exert its influence on Upper (Southern) Egypt.: 58–59  When the Middle Kingdom Egyptians pulled out of the Napata region around...
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  • Erebidae Subfamily: Arctiinae Genus: Ctenucha Species: C. biformis Binomial name Ctenucha biformis Dognin, 1907 Synonyms Napata abbreviata Draudt, 1915...
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  • 730 BC—Piye succeeds his father, Kashta, as king of the Nubian kingdom of Napata. 730 BC—Mattan II succeeds Hiram II as king of Tyre. 730 BC—Leontini in...
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  • 1898)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 3, 2018. "Napata rabdonota Hampson, 1898". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles...
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    under the rule of the 25th Dynasty. His army travelled north, stopping at Napata, Elephantine, Thebes and Heliopolis fortifying both in 664 BC. Tantamani...
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    possibly attested at the Temple of Amun at Kawa. Alara also established Napata as the religious capital of Kush. Alara himself was not a 25th dynasty Kushite...
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    decline of the 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...
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    crowning Thutmose III (kneeling). Relief from the temple of Thutmose III in Semna Venerated in Nubian mythology Major cult center Napata Symbol Incense...
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