Statue of Kushite ruler and last pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty, Tantamani (Louvre Museum, reconstruction through color-pigment analysis)
Predecessor
Taharqa
Successor
Atlanersa
Burial
El-Kurru (K. 16)
Spouse
Piankharty, [..]salka, possibly Malaqaye,
Issue
Possibly Atlanersa, Queen Yeturow, Queen Khaliset
Names
Tantamani
Father
Shabaka (or Shebitku?)
Mother
Queen Qalhata
Tantamani (Ancient Egyptian: tnwt-jmn, Neo-Assyrian: tanṭammanē, Ancient Greek: ΤεμένθηςTeménthēs),[1] also known as Tanutamun or Tanwetamani (d. 653 BC) 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 Bakare, which means "Glorious is the Soul of Re."[2]
^"URdammaniʾ [TANUTAMON, PHARAOH OF EGYPT] (RN)". Oracc: The Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus.
^Clayton, Peter A. (1994). Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 190. ISBN 0-500-05074-0.
Tantamani (Ancient Egyptian: tnwt-jmn, Neo-Assyrian: tanṭammanē, Ancient Greek: Τεμένθης Teménthēs), also known as Tanutamun or Tanwetamani (d. 653 BC)...
southwards in 663 BC. Tantamani was decisively routed, and the Assyrian army sacked Thebes to such an extent it never truly recovered. Tantamani was chased back...
Ashurbanipal, then at war with the Kushite Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt under Tantamani, during the Assyrian conquest of Egypt. After a long struggle for the...
and Tantamani, whilst Lower Egypt was ruled from 664 BC by the nascent 26th Dynasty, client kings established by the Assyrians. In 663 BC, Tantamani launched...
and Abusir. Tantamani was defeated and fled to Upper Egypt but just 40 days after the battle, Ashurbanipal's army arrived in Thebes. Tantamani had already...
The new Kushite king, Tantamani (664–653 BC), killed Necho I that same year when he tried to invade Lower Egypt. However, Tantamani was unable to defeat...
while that of Shabaka (Ku. 15) is similar to that of Taharqa (Nu. 1) and Tantamani (Ku. 16). This also favours a Shebitku-Shabaka succession in the 25th...
of the late 25th Dynasty–early Napatan period: Tantamani, Taharqa (rear), Senkamanisken, again Tantamani (rear), Aspelta, Anlamani, again Senkamanisken...
of the late 25th Dynasty–early Napatan period: Tantamani, Taharqa (rear), Senkamanisken, again Tantamani (rear), Aspelta, Anlamani, again Senkamanisken...
ruler of the important nome of Per-Sopdu. In 665 BCE, the Kushite king Tantamani invaded Lower Egypt again, and Necho I and Pakruru resisted the Kushite...
the successor of Tantamani, the last ruler of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt, and possibly a son of Taharqa or less likely of Tantamani, while his mother...
the Nubian pyramids, among them can be named El-Kurru, Kashta, Piye, Tantamani, Shabaka, Pyramids of Gebel Barkal, Pyramids of Meroe (Begarawiyah), the...
Nile Delta in his campaigns against the Twenty-fifth Dynasty pharaoh Tantamani of Napata. Their religious system shows strong traces of Babylonian religion...
the Nile, the sun would rise from the horizon directly over its point. Tantamani, successor of Taharqa, was buried at el-Kurru, but all following Napatan...
succeeds Necho I as king of Lower Egypt. 664 BC: Taharqa appoints his nephew Tantamani as his successor of Upper Egypt. February 11, 660 BC—Traditional founding...
remote controlled robots. The royal cemetery at el-Kurru. Kashta, Piye, Tantamani, Shabaka and several queens are buried in pyramids at El-Kurru. Pyramids...
now distinguishes between an "Amun of Napata" and an "Amun of Thebes". Tantamani (died 653 BC), the last pharaoh of the Nubian dynasty, still bore a theophoric...
battle in Greek recorded history, between Corinth and Corcyra. 664 BC: Tantamani succeeds his uncle Taharqa as king of Kush. He invades Egypt to try to...
Frédéric Payraudeau Khuinefertemre Taharqa Died in 664 BC 690–664 BC Bakare Tantamani Lost control of Upper Egypt in 656 BC when Psamtik I extended his authority...
Tantamani, sailed north from Napata with a large army to Thebes, where he was "ritually installed as the king of Egypt".: 185 From Thebes, Tantamani...
Temti-Humban-Inshushinak I. He is succeeded by his nephew Humban-Nikash II. Tantamani, king (pharaoh) of Egypt Temti-Humban-Inshushinak I, king of Elam v t...
Stele of Piye was discovered in Jebel Barkal. Cairo Museum The Stele of Tantamani. Cairo Museum Golden Bracelet found in the tomb of a member of the Royal...
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tanṭammanē, Ancient Greek: Τεμένθης Teménthēs),[1] also known as Tanutamun or Tanwetamani (d. 653 BC) 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 Bakare, which means "Glorious is the Soul of Re."[2]