Amenirdis II
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The ancient Nubian princess Amenirdis II, daughter of the Kushite pharaoh Taharqa of the 25th Dynasty, was adopted by Shepenupet II, daughter of Piye, to become Divine Adoratrice of Amun from around 6
Amenirdis II (far right) at Karnak
Atlanersa
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Atlanersa was a Kushite ruler of the Napatan kingdom of Nubia, reigning for about a decade in the mid-7th century BC. He was the successor of Tantamani, the last ruler of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt, an
Amenirdis II
…the 26th Dynasty. Amenirdis adopted Nitocris, daughter of Psamtik I, to become her successor. She may have been married to one of Taharqa's sons, king Atlanersa. Robert Steven Bianchi, Daily Life Of The Nubians, Greenwood Press 2004…
Photo of the colossal granite statue of Atlanersa from his Osiris-Dedwen temple at Jebel Barkal, in the National Museum of Sudan taken in the year 2020
Barque stand from Temple B700 showing Horus (left) and Thoth (right) lifting Atlanersa, whose holding up the heavens, now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
Unfinished statue in a quarry at Tombos, in all probability representing Atlanersa
Ruins of pyramid Nuri 20 of Atlanersa (center) next to standing pyramid Nuri 2 of Amaniastabarqa.