Statue of Taharqa. His name appears on the center of his belt: 𓇿𓉔𓃭𓈎 (tꜣ-h-rw-q, "Taharqa"). The statue is 2.7 meters tall. Taharqa has a striding pose, the arms held tight, and holds the mekes staff. He wears a pleated kilt called shendjyt and on the head the double-uraeus skullcap, possibly signifying the double rule over Nubia and Egypt.[1] (Louvre Museum, color reconstruction of the jewelry through pigment analysis).[2]
Pharaoh
Reign
690–664 BC
Predecessor
Shabaka
Successor
Tantamani
Royal titulary
Horus name
Qekhau
Nebty name
Qekhau
Golden Horus
Khutawy Protector of the Two Lands
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Nefertemkhure Nefertum is his Protector[3]
Nomen
Taharqa Taharqa
Consort
Great Queen Takahatenamun, Atakhebasken, Naparaye, Tabekenamun[4]
Children
Amenirdis II, Ushankhuru, Nesishutefnut
Father
Piye
Mother
Abar
Died
664 BC
Dynasty
25th dynasty
nomen or birth name
t h r ḳ (Taharqo) in hieroglyphs
Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo (Egyptian: 𓇿𓉔𓃭𓈎tꜣhrwq, Akkadian: Tar-qu-ú, Hebrew: תִּרְהָקָה, Modern: Tīrhaqa, Tiberian: Tīrhāqā, Manetho's Tarakos, Strabo's Tearco), was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom of Kush (present day Sudan) from 690 to 664 BC. He was one of the "Black Pharaohs" who ruled over Egypt for nearly a century.[5][6]
^Bianchi, Robert Steven (2004). Daily Life of the Nubians. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-313-32501-4.
^Elshazly, Hesham. "Kerma and the royal cache". Archived from the original on 3 April 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^Clayton, Peter A. (2006). Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Thames&Hudson. p. 190. ISBN 0-500-28628-0.
^Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3., pp.234-6
^Burrell, Kevin (2020). Cushites in the Hebrew Bible: Negotiating Ethnic Identity in the Past and Present. BRILL. p. 79. ISBN 978-90-04-41876-9. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^"Pharaoh Taharqa ruled from 690 to 664 BCE and in all likelihood was the last black pharaoh to rule over all of Egypt" in Dijk, Lutz van (2006). A History of Africa. Tafelberg. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-624-04257-0. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
the task. He defeated Taharqa, driving his forces back into Nubia, and Taharqa died in Napata soon after in 664 BC.: 121 Taharqa's successor, Tantamani...
Jerusalem after Hezekiah prayed in the temple). There are various theories (Taharqa's army, disease, divine intervention, Hezekiah's surrender, Herodotus' mice...
between the reign of Taharqa and Shabaka seems to be excessively long. He notes that Papyrus Louvre E 3328c from Year 2 or Year 6 of Taharqa mentions the sale...
: 157–158 Taharqa's reign was a prosperous time in the empire with a particularly large Nile river flood and abundant crops and wine. Taharqa's inscriptions...
return of Esarhaddon after his army's 2nd battle and victory over Pharaoh Taharqa in northern ancient Egypt in 671 BC. It was discovered in 1888 in Zincirli...
to have had three or four wives. Abar was the mother of his successor Taharqa. Further wives are Tabiry, Peksater and probably Khensa. Piye is known...
King Taharqa were displayed at the Temple of Amun at Kawa in Nubia. Construction of the stone temple was started in 683 BC by the pharaoh Taharqa. The...
oldest (pyramid of Taharqa), to around 310 BCE (pyramid of king Nastasen). The earliest known pyramid (Nu. 1) at Nuri belongs to king Taharqa which measures...
Radio 4 in 2010. Statues of Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa Sphinx of Memphis Caygill, M. The British Museum A-Z Companion London:...
Assyria defeats king Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule. 690 BC: Taharqa, a king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of Egypt (approximate...
succeeded first by his brother, Shabaka, and then by his two sons Shebitku and Taharqa. The reunited Nile valley empire of the 25th Dynasty was as large as it...
and the Temple of Solomon in 1 Kings 11:40 and 2 Chronicles 12:2 sqq. Taharqa (690–664 BC): Identified as Tirhaqa, who is described in 2 Kings 19:9 and...
restored to their Old, Middle, and New Kingdom forms. Pharaohs, such as Taharqa, built or restored temples and monuments throughout the Nile, including...
Karnak in the first half of Taharqa's reign, and Taharqa flouting Assyria's ban on Lebanese cedar exports to Egypt, while Taharqa was building his temple...
times, Shebitku was placed within the 25th Dynasty between Shabaka and Taharqa. Although the possibility of a switch between the reigns of Shabaka and...
campaign in Egypt: In my first campaign I marched against Magan, Meluhha, Taharqa, king of Egypt and Ethiopia, whom Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, the father...
Re." He was the son of King Shabaka and the nephew of his predecessor Taharqa. In some sources he is said to be the son of Shebitku. Assyrian records...
first Kushite pharaoh Piye and sister of Piye's successors, Shabaka and Taharqa. Shepenupet II was adopted by her predecessor in office, Amenirdis I, a...
a ram Lion-headed God Appademak with Pharaoh Taharqa (right) in the Jebel Barkal Temple of Mut. Taharqa, followed by the sistrum shaking queen Takahatenamun...
until 664 BC with Taharqa's death. Taharqa was succeeded by Tantamani at his death. Tantamani was traditionally believed to be Taharqa's brother, but later...
pyramid at Nuri is that of the Napatan king and Twenty-fifth Dynasty pharaoh Taharqa. Another small group of nine pyramids is located next to Jebel Barkal itself...
Iuput I Shoshenq VI Osorkon III Takelot III Rudamun Shoshenq VII Menkheperre Ini XXIV Tefnakht Bakenranef XXV Piye Shebitku Shabaka Taharqa Tanutamun...
control of the Levant. This succeeded, as he managed to expel Taharqa from Lower Egypt. Taharqa fled back to Upper Egypt and Nubia, where he died two years...
Iuput I Shoshenq VI Osorkon III Takelot III Rudamun Shoshenq VII Menkheperre Ini XXIV Tefnakht Bakenranef XXV Piye Shebitku Shabaka Taharqa Tanutamun...
Iuput I Shoshenq VI Osorkon III Takelot III Rudamun Shoshenq VII Menkheperre Ini XXIV Tefnakht Bakenranef XXV Piye Shebitku Shabaka Taharqa Tanutamun...
Iuput I Shoshenq VI Osorkon III Takelot III Rudamun Shoshenq VII Menkheperre Ini XXIV Tefnakht Bakenranef XXV Piye Shebitku Shabaka Taharqa Tanutamun...
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Tar-qu-ú, Hebrew: תִּרְהָקָה, Modern: Tīrhaqa, Tiberian: Tīrhāqā, Manetho's Tarakos, Strabo's Tearco), was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom of Kush (present day Sudan) from 690 to 664 BC. He was one of the "Black Pharaohs" who ruled over Egypt for nearly a century.[5][6]