Military of ancient Nubia
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Nubia is a geographic and cultural region along the Nile River, stretching as far north as Aswan in southern Egypt upriver to the southern limit around the confluence of the Blue and White branches of
King Senkamanisken slaying enemies at Jebel Barkal.
Meroitic prince smiting his enemies (early first century AD)
Mirror. Kerma Period, 1700-1550 BC.
Statues of various rulers of the late 25th Dynasty–early Napatan period: Tantamani, Taharqa (rear), Senkamanisken, again Tantamani (rear), Aspelta, Anlamani, again Senkamanisken. Kerma Museum.
Taharqa
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Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo, was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore of the Kingdom of Kush from 690 to 664 BC. He was one of the Black Pharaohs – also called Nubian o
Taharqa portrait, Nubian Museum.
Statue of Taharqa, in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Kushite heartland, and Kushite Empire of the 25th dynasty of Egypt, under Taharqa