Taharqa

Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo, ; ; Manetho's , ; Strabo's , ), 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 one of the Black Pharaohs – also called Nubian or Kushite Pharaohs – who ruled over Egypt for nearly a century.

ancient Egyptian princess and priestess, God's Wife of Amun

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thumb|Gebel Barkal, Temple of Mut: Taharqa, followed by the sistrum shaking queen Takahatamun making offerings to Amun and Mut. Takahatenamun (Takahatamun, Takhahatamani) was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.

Tabekenamun (Tabakenamun) was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.

Naparaye was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.

Atakhebasken (Akhetbasaken) was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Taharqa.