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
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.
Senkamanisken
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Senkamanisken was a Kushite King who ruled from 640 to 620 BC at Napata. He used royal titles based on those of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs.
Atlanersa
…same period also saw the progressive cultural integration of Egyptian beliefs by the Kushite civilization. Atlanersa may have fathered his successor Senkamanisken with his consort Malotaral, although Senkamanisken could also be his brother. He built a pyramid in the necropolis of Nuri, now conjecturally believed…
Senkamanisken statue, with Kushite headress (Louvre Museum, reconstruction of original colors through color-pigment analysis).
Senkamanisken statue, Kerma Museum
Senkamanisken, Louvre Museum reconstruction, with pharaonic headdress.
Senkamanisken portrait in the Kerma Museum