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
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