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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...
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    temple entrance are all owed to Taharqa and Mentuemhet. Taharqa and the Kushites marked a renaissance in Pharaonic art. Taharqa built the largest pyramid (52...
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    The Shrine of Taharqa is an Egyptian shrine commissioned by the pharaoh Taharqa in the early part of the 7th century BC. It was located in Kawa, which...
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    rule but also brought the Neo-Assyrian Empire to its greatest extent. Taharqa, pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore of the Kingdom of...
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    the task. He defeated Taharqa, driving his forces back into Nubia, and Taharqa died in Napata soon after in 664 BC.: 121  Taharqa's successor, Tantamani...
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    between the reign of Taharqa and Shabaka would be excessively long. He notes that Papyrus Louvre E 3328c from Year 2 or Year 6 of Taharqa mentions the sale...
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    Shrine of Taharqa, Ashmolean Museum Shrine and Sphinx of Taharqa. Taharqa appears between the legs of the Ram-Sphinx The Ram-Sphinx and Taharqa Relief of...
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    return of Esarhaddon after his army's 2nd battle and victory over Pharaoh Taharqa in northern ancient Egypt in 671 BC. It was discovered in 1888 in Zincirli...
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    to have had three or four wives. Abar was the mother of his successor Taharqa. Further wives are Tabiry, Peksater and probably Khensa. Piye is known...
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    oldest (pyramid of Taharqa), to around 310 BCE (pyramid of king Nastasen). The earliest known pyramid (Nu. 1) at Nuri belongs to king Taharqa which measures...
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    down a revolt in Ascalon supported by Taharqa, king of Egypt. In response, the Assyrians invade Egypt, but Taharqa is able to hold the invaders off. 673...
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    : 157–158  Taharqa's reign was a prosperous time in the empire with a particularly large Nile river flood and abundant crops and wine. Taharqa's inscriptions...
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    Radio 4 in 2010. Statues of Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa Sphinx of Memphis Caygill, M. The British Museum A-Z Companion London:...
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    succeeded first by his brother, Shabaka, and then by his two sons Shebitku and Taharqa. The reunited Nile valley empire of the 25th Dynasty was as large as it...
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    until 664 BC with Taharqa's death. Taharqa was succeeded by Tantamani at his death. Tantamani was traditionally believed to be Taharqa's brother, but later...
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  • restored to their Old, Middle, and New Kingdom forms. Pharaohs, such as Taharqa, built or restored temples and monuments throughout the Nile, including...
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    King Taharqa were displayed at the Temple of Amun at Kawa in Nubia. Construction of the stone temple was started in 683 BC by the pharaoh Taharqa. The...
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    and the Temple of Solomon in 1 Kings 11:40 and 2 Chronicles 12:2 sqq. Taharqa (690–664 BC): Identified as Tirhaqa, who is described in 2 Kings 19:9 and...
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  • revolt in Ascalon supported by Taharqa, king of Kush and Egypt. In response, the Assyrians invade Egypt, but Taharqa is able to hold them off. 673 BC—Tullus...
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    goddess Mut, the wife of Amun, the Temple of Mut was erected by pharaoh Taharqa in the 680s BCE, at a time when he ruled Upper and Lower Egypt. Restoring...
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    Karnak in the first half of Taharqa's reign, and Taharqa flouting Assyria's ban on Lebanese cedar exports to Egypt, while Taharqa was building his temple...
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    a ram Lion-headed God Appademak with Pharaoh Taharqa (right) in the Jebel Barkal Temple of Mut. Taharqa, followed by the sistrum shaking queen Takahatenamun...
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    Iuput I Shoshenq VI Osorkon III Takelot III Rudamun Shoshenq VII Menkheperre Ini XXIV Tefnakht Bakenranef XXV Piye Shebitku Shabaka Taharqa Tanutamun...
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    of Nubia–is that of the Napatan king and Twenty-fifth Dynasty pharaoh Taharqa. His tomb, standing at 160–180 feet tall, differed from other Nubian pyramids...
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    son Taharqa and from a stela from Tanis, Egypt. Another appearance by Abar is at the Amun Temple at Sanam, Sudan. Abar was the mother of King Taharqa and...
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    Iuput I Shoshenq VI Osorkon III Takelot III Rudamun Shoshenq VII Menkheperre Ini XXIV Tefnakht Bakenranef XXV Piye Shebitku Shabaka Taharqa Tanutamun...
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    Iuput I Shoshenq VI Osorkon III Takelot III Rudamun Shoshenq VII Menkheperre Ini XXIV Tefnakht Bakenranef XXV Piye Shebitku Shabaka Taharqa Tanutamun...
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  • recorded history, between Corinth and Corcyra. Tantamani succeeds his uncle Taharqa as king of Kush. Kushites invade Assyrian-controlled Egypt. The Assyrians...
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    control of the Levant. This succeeded, as he managed to expel Taharqa from Lower Egypt. Taharqa fled back to Upper Egypt and Nubia, where he died two years...
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  • and Gezer, Ashkelon, and Yanoam are three cities within the region." Taharqa, Tarqo of Kush and pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, claimed...
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