Thread by @blackarcheology, African Game of Thrones The Black Pharaohs: The Kings of Kush

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The Black Pharaohs: The Kings of Kush – Egypt’s 25th Dynasty

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Black Pharaohs (25th Dynasty)

“Around 760 B.C. Ethiopia (Known at the time as Nubia or Kush) invaded and took over Egypt for a span of 150 years and became what is today known as the 25th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.”

The Black Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt

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The First Black Pharaoh: Pharaoh Alara 790 – 760 BCE

” Gods make a king, man make a king, but Amun made me.”

Pharaoh Alara was the first to unify upper Egypt, establishing Napada as the religious Capitol in Nubia. Founder of the 25th Dynasty, his reign lasted for thirty years.

Alara himself was not a 25th dynasty Nubian king since he never controlled any region of Egypt during his reign compared to his two immediate successors: Kashta and Piye respectively.

“Nubian literature credits him with a substantial reign since future Nubian kings requested that they might enjoy a reign as long as Alara& #39;s. His memory was also central to the myth of the origins of the Kushite kingdom which was embellished over time.”

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Alara was a deeply revered figure in Nubian culture and the first Nubian king whose name has come down to scholars.

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The cartouche of Alara as appears on the much later stela of Nastasen.

Alara& #39;s existence is first documented in the Egyptian hieroglyphic stela of Queen Tabiry who was Alara& #39;s daughter by Queen Kasaqa, Alara& #39;s wife.

Funerary Stela of Queen Tabiry

(Sudan National Museum, Khartoum).

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Funerary Stela of Queen Tabiry(Sudan National Museum, Khartoum). https://www.friends-partners.org/partners/...

“There is an offering-table with bread and bear between Tabiry and Osiris. Columns of hieroglyphs with the names of gods and the title of Tabiry. 9 lines of the text give the offering formula, the name and titles of Tabiry and her ancestry. “

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Learn more: Alara - King of Kush

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“A new power is rising in the South and extending its power into the divided Egyptian kingdom.”

King Kashta was an 8th century BC king of the Kushite Dynasty in ancient Nubia and the successor of Alara.

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“As Egypt slipped once again into decline at the close of the New Kingdom (11th century BCE), the viceroys of Kush, supported by their Nubian armies, became virtually independent kings, free of Egyptian control.”

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“By the 8th century BCE the kings of Kush came from hereditary ruling families of Egyptianized Nubian chiefs who possessed neither political nor family ties with Egypt. Under one such king, Kashta, Kush acquired control of Upper (i.e., southern) Egypt, ...

... and under his son Piye (formerly known as Piankhi; reigned c. 750–c. 719 BCE) the whole of Egypt to the shores of the Mediterranean was brought under the administration of Kush.”

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He was the ancient black Kushite king and founder of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt who ruled Egypt from 744–714 BC.

He ruled from the city of Napata, located deep in Nubia.

Piye (also transliterated as Piankhi).

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The Black Pharaoh Who Saved #Israel

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“At sixteen the boy pharaoh was called by the Hebrews for help, he led his armies against the Assyrians defeating them.”

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Stay tuned: Next week we’ll be exploring their powerful black Queens

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DOCUMENTARY

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The Black Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt

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Books

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The Black Pharaohs: Egypt& #39;s Nubian Rulers

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Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt

The Nubian or Kushite Pharaohs: other, common name of the pharaohs of the Twenty-fifth dynasty, which originally ruled the Nubian kingdom of Napata.

They ruled over Egypt from the late eighth century to 666 BCE.

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Note: After Pieye there existed two other black pharaohs — before Pharaoh Taharqo.

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Note: King Alara himself was not a 25th dynasty Nubian king since he never controlled any region of Egypt during his reign compared to his two immediate successors: Kashta and Piye respectively.