Nawidemak
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Nawidemak was a queen regnant of Kush who probably ruled in the first half of the 1st century AD. She is known from the wall relief of her burial chamber, as well as a gold plaque.
Key facts
- Pharaoh.name
- Nawidemak
- Pharaoh.role
- Kushite Queen of Meroë
- Pharaoh.image
- Nawidemak (Lepisus).jpg
- Pharaoh.caption
- Depiction of Nawidemak in her tomb
- Pharaoh.reign
- First half of the 1st century AD (?)
- Pharaoh.burial
- Meroe (Bar. 6)
- Pharaoh.predecessor
- Unknown king (Bar. 2) (?)
- Pharaoh.successor
- Amanikhabale
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Kush
- Occupation
- queen
- Noble title
- Kandake
- Image
- Nawidemak (Lepisus).jpg
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- date of birth
- 0100-01-01
- date of death
- 0100-01-01
- Commons category
- Nawidemak
- time period
- Cushitic peoples
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Biography
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Nawidemak was a queen regnant of Kush who probably ruled in the first half of the 1st century AD. She is known from the wall relief of her burial chamber, as well as a gold plaque.
==Biography== Nawidemak was a ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, either from the 1st century BC, or 1st century AD. Objects from the late reign of Roman emperor Augustus or even later, found in Nawidemak's tomb, support the later date.
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