Kings and Queens
4th
dynasty
Seneferu,
Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure, Djedefre, etc.
11th
dynasty
Kings
named Mentuhotep and Intef
12th
dynasty
Amenemhet
I - IV,
Senusret I-III
18th dynasty
Amenhotep I-IV,
Tuthmosis I-IV, Akhenaten, Tutankhamen, Aye, Horemheb, etc.
19th dynasty
Sety
I-II, Ramesses I-II, Merenptah, Amenmesses, Tawosret.
20th
dynasty
Sethnakht, Ramesses
III
Ramesses
IV - XI
25th dynasty
Alara, Kashta, Piye,
Shabaka, Shabataka,
Taharqa, Tanutamun, etc.
Cleopatra
VII Philopator
Queens
(D1-6)- Old Kingdom
Queens (D11-13) Middle
Kingd.
Queens
(D16-20)- New Kingdom
Queens
(D21-29)- Late Period
Officials,
Priesthood etc.
Amarna Period
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Tanutamun
Horus name: Wakmeret
Nebty name:
Golden Falcon name:
Prenomen: Bakare
Nomen: Tanutamun
(about 664 - 655 BC)
King Tanutamun (Tanutamani, Tanwetamani) was a son of Shabaka and Queen
Qalhata.
King Tanwetamani (664-653 BC) (also called Takahatamani or Tanutamon
with the royal nomen Ba-ka-Re), Taharqa’s successor, was the last
Nubian King to attempt to re-take Egypt. By this time the Kushite kings
only controlled the area between the third and fourth cataracts though.
He was probably Shabataka’s son and after Assyria left Egypt again in
663 BC, he invaded the lands, just like his uncle (Taharqa) and
grandfather (Piye) had done. He ruled both Egypt and Nubia for some
eight years. Then the Assyrians attacked Thebes, killed many of the
people, and looted all the holy places. From this point on, the Kushite
kings never again entered Egypt. Tanwetamani continued his rule in Kush
and by 653 BC the Nubian 25th Dynasty dominance over Egypt was at an
absolute end, as was the old dynastic culture the Nubians tried to
restore. The Assyrians appointed Psamtik I as a pharaoh and started the
26th dynasty. He married an Ethiopian princess, settled Greek
mercenaries in permanent camps near Bubastis and herby offended the
warrior caste greatly, causing them to desert in great numbers to the
Nubians.
Both Psamtik I and his father Necho I of Sais were originally involved
with an intrigue associated with the Kushite ruler Taharqa against
Assyria, but were then captured, held and indoctrinated by the
Assyrians. Shortly after the Assyrians left Psamtik I in control, the
Assyrians suffered internal political turmoil, giving the pharaoh a
chance to seize actual power in Egypt. The Assyrians were forced to let
go of Egypt under pressures from Psamtik I and their internal problems.
The new pharaoh established military garrisons at the Nubian border to
prevent any invasions from the Kushites again. His successor Psamtik II
would later on invade Upper Nubia, faced with the threat of yet another
Kushite invasion. He defeated the Kushites, forcing the kings to
retreat further south to the city of Meroe. (Text by Bart v. A.)
Wives:
Sons:
- Atlanersa?
Other sources have Atlanersa as a son of Taharqa
Dows Dunham; M. F. Laming Macadam, "Names
and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata"
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35. (Dec., 1949), pp. 139-149.
Samia Dafa'alla, "Succession in the
Kingdom of Napata, 900-300 B.C."
The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 26, No.
1. (1993), pp. 167-174.
Last edited: February 2008
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