Taharqa

Taharqa
Taharqa
	Statue of Taharqa. His name appears on the center of his belt: 𓇿𓉔𓃭𓈎 (tꜣ-h-rw-q, "Taharqa"). The statue is 2.7 meters tall. Taharqa has a striding pose, the arms held tight, and holds the mekes staff. He wears a pleated kilt called shendjyt and on the head the double-uraeus skullcap, possibly signifying the double rule over Nubia and Egypt. (Louvre Museum, color reconstruction of the jewelry through pigment analysis).
Pharaoh
Reign	690–664 BC
Predecessor	Shabaka
Successor	Tantamani
Horus name
Horus name
	Qekhau
;
Nebty name
	Qekhau
;
Golden Horus
	Khutawy; Protector of the Two Lands
Prenomen (Praenomen)
	Nefertemkhure; Nefertum is his Protector
Nomen
	Taharqa; Taharqa
	;
;	;
Consort	Great Queen Takahatenamun, Atakhebasken, Naparaye, Tabekenamun
Children	Amenirdis II, Ushankhuru, Nesishutefnut
Father	Piye
Mother	Abar
Died	664 BC
Dynasty	25th dynasty

nomen or birth name

t h r ḳ (Taharqo)
in hieroglyphs

Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo (Egyptian: 𓇿𓉔𓃭𓈎 tꜣhrwq, Akkadian: Tar-qu-ú, Hebrew: תִּרְהָקָה, Modern: Tīrhaqa, Tiberian: Tīrhāqā, Manetho's Tarakos, Strabo's Tearco), was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom of Kush (present day Sudan) from 690 to 664 BC. He was one of the "Black Pharaohs" who ruled over Egypt for nearly a century.^[5]^[6]

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