Napata
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Napata was a city of ancient Kush at the fourth cataract of the Nile founded by the Egyptian Amun cult for Egyptian pilgrims given by its, as suggested, Egyptian name. It is located approximately 1.5
The last standing pillars of the temple of Amun at the foot of Jebel Barkal
Statue of Kushite ruler and pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt, Taharqa (ruled 690-664 BC), who led the fight against the Assyrians during the Assyrian conquest of Egypt. Louvre Museum reconstruction.
Kushite pyramids at Nuri
Napatan necklace spacer made of gold, 6th century BC. It is inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs in the name of Aramatle-qo.
The Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, also known as the Nubian Dynasty, the Kushite Empire, the Black Pharaohs, or the Napatans, after their capital Napata, was the last dynasty of the Third Intermediate
Napata
…the New Kingdom of Egypt (16th–11th centuries BC) and home to Jebel Barkal, the main Kushite cult centre of Amun. It was the sometime capital of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and, after its fall in 663 BC, of the Kingdom of Kush. In 593 BC, it was sacked by the Egyptians and the Kushite capital was relocated to Meroë. Even…
Kushite heartland, and Kushite Empire of the 25th dynasty of Egypt, c. 700 BC
Rulers of Kush, Kerma Museum
Cartouche with the name of pharaoh Shabaka
Shebitku, Nubian Museum