Shanakdakhete
Sign in to saveShanakdakhete, also spelled Shanakdakheto or Sanakadakhete, was a queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush, ruling from Meroë in the early first century AD. Shanakdakhete is poorly attested, though is known to have constructed a temple in Naqa.
Key facts
- Pharaoh.name
- Shanakdakhete
- Pharaoh.image
- Sanakadakheto királynő templomának romjai.jpg
- Pharaoh.caption
- Ruins of Temple F in Naqa, built under Shanakdakhete
- Pharaoh.role
- Kushite Queen of Meroë
- Pharaoh.reign
- First half of the 1st century AD
- Pharaoh.predecessor
- Amanishakheto (?)
- Pharaoh.successor
- Unknown king (Bar. 2) (?)
- Pharaoh.burial
- Meroë, pyramid Beg. N 21 (?)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Occupation
- politician
- Noble title
- Kandake
- Image
- Queen-of-Meroe.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0200-01-01
- Commons category
- Shanakdakheto
- date of death
- 0160-00-00
- place of burial
- Meroë
- time period
- Cushitic peoples
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Shanakdakhete, also spelled Shanakdakheto or Sanakadakhete, was a queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush, ruling from Meroë in the early first century AD. Shanakdakhete is poorly attested, though is known to have constructed a temple in Naqa.
Shanakdakhete was previously believed to have been the first Kushite queen regnant'''' due to an erroneous dating of her inscriptions. This role is now instead attributed to Nahirqo.
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