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.
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
Amanimalel
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Amanimalel was a Kushite queen of the Napatan kingdom of Nubia, likely a spouse of king Senkamanisken living in the second half of the 7th century BC. She is mostly known from one or possibly two stat
Senkamanisken
…King who ruled from 640 to 620 BC at Napata. He used royal titles based on those of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs. He might have been married to queens Amanimalel and Nasalsa, the latter of whom bore him two sons: Anlamani and Aspelta. Both sons would ultimately assume the Kushite throne after his death at Napata…
Granite statue of Amanimalel from Jebel Barkal, now in the National Museum of Sudan
Middle to foreground: pyramid Nuri 22, conjecturally attributed to Amanimalel.