Tantamani
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Tantamani, also known as Tanutamun or Tanwetamani was ruler of the Kingdom of Kush located in Northern Sudan, and the last pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. His prenomen or royal name was
Statue of Kushite ruler and last pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty, Tantamani (Louvre Museum, reconstruction through color-pigment analysis)
Portrait of Tantamani, Sudan National Museum.
Ashurbanipal's account of his Second Campaign in Egypt against Tantamani ("Urdamanee"/ "Ruddamon"), in the Rassam cylinder
Exterior of the Nubian tomb of Tantamani.
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
Tantamani
…events marked the start of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt. Thereafter, Tantamani ruled only Nubia (Kush). He died in 653 BC and was succeeded by Atlanersa, a son of Taharqa. He was buried in the family cemetery at El-Kurru. The archaeologist Charles Bonnet discovered the statue of Tantamani at Kerma (now…
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.