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  2. Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXV, alternatively 25th Dynasty or Dynasty 25), also known as the Nubian Dynasty, the Kushite Empire, the Black Pharaohs, [2] [3] or the Napatans, after their capital Napata, [4] was the last dynasty of the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt that occurred after the Kushite invasion.

  3. El-Kurru - Wikipedia

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    El-Kurru was the first of the three royal cemeteries used by the Kushite royals of Napata, also referred to as Egypt's 25th Dynasty, and is home to some of the royal Nubian Pyramids. [1] It is located between the 3rd and 4th cataracts of the Nile about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the river in what is now Northern state, Sudan. [2]

  4. British Museum Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan

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    List of the kings of Egypt from the Temple of Ramesses II (1250 BC) Third Intermediate Period (1069–664 BC) Statue of the Nile god Hapy, Karnak (c.900 BC) Mummy case and coffin of Nesperennub, Thebes (c.800 BC) Shabaka Stone from Memphis, Egypt, 25th Dynasty (around 700 BC) Statue of Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa (683 BC)

  5. Kingdom of Kush - Wikipedia

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    On account of the Kingdom of Kush's proximity to Ancient Egypt – the first cataract at Elephantine usually being considered the traditional border between the two polities – and because the 25th dynasty ruled over both states in the eighth century BC, from the Rift Valley to the Taurus mountains, historians have closely associated the study ...

  6. Sack of Thebes - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Mentuemhat, Thebes, late 25th to early 26th Dynasty, 665–650 BCE. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Concurrently or soon after the sack, the Kushite army withdrew from Egypt in large numbers, a momentous event that was still remembered some 200 years later and gave rise to Herodotus' story about 240,000 Egyptian deserters settling in ...

  7. Tombos (Nubia) - Wikipedia

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    The occupation of Tombos, revealed by archaeological work, began in mid-18th Dynasty of Egypt and continued through the 25th Dynasty. In the New Kingdom period, a large range of pharaonic and private royal inscriptions from 18th Dynasty and elite tombs in Egyptian style indicates Tombos was an important node of Egyptian colonial control. [2]

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