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Taharqa
Sign in to saveTaharqa, 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.
Key facts
- Pharaoh.Name
- Taharqa
- Pharaoh.Image
- Taharqa, Louvre Museum.jpg
- Pharaoh.Caption
- Statue of Taharqa. His name appears on the center of his belt: N17:h-rw:q (tꜣ-h-rw-q, "Taharqa"). The statue is 2.7 meters tall. Taharqa has a striding pose, the arms held tight, and holds the mekes staff. He wears a shendyt or pleated kilt and on his head is a double-uraeus skullcap, possibly signifying his rule over Nubia and Egypt. (Louvre Museum, color reconstruction of the jewelry through pigment analysis).
- Pharaoh.image_size
- 200
- Pharaoh.NomenHiero
- N17:h-rw:q
- Pharaoh.Nomen
- TaharqaTaharqa
- Pharaoh.PrenomenHiero
- ra-nfr-U15-x-w
- Pharaoh.Prenomen
- NefertemkhureNefertum is his Protector
- Pharaoh.GoldenHiero
- x-w-tA:tA-
- Pharaoh.Golden
- KhutawyProtector of the Two Lands
- Pharaoh.NebtyHiero
- q:N28-w-
- Pharaoh.Nebty
- Qekhau
- Pharaoh.HorusHiero
- -q:N28-w-
- Pharaoh.Horus
- Qekhau
- Pharaoh.Reign
- 690–664 BC
- Pharaoh.Died
- 664 BC
- Pharaoh.Predecessor
- Shabaka
- Pharaoh.Successor
- Tantamani
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Kush
- Spouse
- Atakhebasken
- Child
- Amenirdis II
- Father
- Piye
- Mother
- Abar
- Occupation
- statesperson
- Position held
- pharaoh
- Noble title
- pharaoh
- Image
- Taharqa portrait, Kerma Museum.jpg
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- Commons category
- Taharqa
- date of death
- 0664-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Taharqa
- date of birth
- 0720-00-00
- time period
- Cushitic peoples
- place of burial
- Nuri
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Ruling period
- Irregular accession to power
- Reign
- War between Taharqa and Assyria
- Death
- Nuri pyramid
- Biblical references
- Depictions
- Monuments of Taharqa
- Taharqa in Karnak
- Shrine of Taharqa in Kawa
- Taharqa in Jebel Barkal
- Museum artifacts
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
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.
== Early life ==
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