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The Kingdom of Kush (/ k ʊ ʃ, k ʌ ʃ /; Egyptian: 𓎡𓄿𓈙𓈉 kꜣš, Assyrian: Kûsi, in LXX Χους or Αἰθιοπία; Coptic: ⲉϭⲱϣ Ecōš; Hebrew: כּוּשׁ Kūš), also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.
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Jebel Barkal was the capital city of the Kingdom of Kush as it returned to power in the years after 800 BCE as the Dynasty of Napata. The Kushite kings who conquered and ruled over Egypt as the 25th Dynasty , including Kashta , Piankhy (or Piye ), and Taharqa , all built, renovated, and expanded monumental structures at the site.
Map of Nubia, with ancient placenames; Tabo is in the center, and to the west. Tabo is an archaeological mound site in Nubia , Sudan , in what was at one time the Kingdom of Kush . It is located at the southern end of the Argo Island in the Nile , [ 1 ] just south of Kerma , approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Dongola .
Kush reached the apex of its power c. 739 –656 BCE, when the Kushite kings also ruled as the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. The kingdom remained a powerful state in its heartland after Kushite rule in Egypt was terminated and it survived for another millennium until its collapse c. 350 CE. Egyptian culture heavily influenced Kush in terms of ...
The earliest pyramids in El Kurru were constructed in 751 BC, [4] which formed the center of the Empire of Kush during the Napatan period, ca. 850-300 BCE. [5] It is recognized as the origin of the tombs belonging to the rulers of Egypt and Nubia's 25th Dynasty, ca. 750-664 BCE, along with their ancestors. [6]
The last standing pillars of the temple of Amun at the foot of Jebel Barkal. Napata was founded by Thutmose III in the 15th century BC after his conquest of Kush. Because Egyptians believed that the inundation of the Nile equated Creation, Napata's location as the southernmost point in the empire led it to become an important religious centre and settlement. [5]
Temple of Queen Tiyi at Sedeinga Chalice from Sedeinga, National Museum of Sudan, Khartoum, Sudan. The Sedeinga pyramids are a group of at least 80 small pyramids near Sedeinga, Sudan, built ca. 1 BCE. [1] They were discovered between 2009 and 2012 [2] and date to the time of the Kingdom of Kush, an ancient kingdom in Nubia. They range in size ...