King Taharqa
King Taharqa | History, Facts kings Egyptian Pharaohs Kingdom of Kush

King Taharqa | History, Facts kings Egyptian Pharaohs Kingdom of Kush, Biography, Achievements, Tomb, Mummy, Life and Death of the King Taharka or Taharqo in 25th Dynasty and more…

Facts and history of the most famous Kushite kings of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs | His secrets, biography, achievements, tomb, mummy, life and death of King Tahraqa or Tarhaqa of the twenty-fifth Egyptian dynasty and more.

Taharqa, or as some call him another name, Taharqa or Taharqa, is one of the Kushite kings in the Napata region, and he was the fifth king to rule in Egypt in the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, but in addition to all that, he was the most famous of them. Ankhi.

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King Taharqa

Who is Taharqa?

● In fact, he was already mentioned in the Bible as the protector of the Jerusalem region from the evil of the invasion of the Assyrians, as it had extended his rule over Egypt for a relatively long period, reaching from 690 BC until the year 664 BC.
● As King Taharqa, during his rule over the country, built many of the most important monuments, but many of them do not exist now, but he did so for an important purpose, which is his endeavor to consolidate and strengthen his position in the country.
● And one of the most important of those monuments that still remains is the presence of a large group of those columns that had been erected before in the large square that is located so far in the Great Temple of Amun located in the area of ​​Karnak.
● but. Of those ruins that he built, there is nothing left of them until now, except for the presence of only one column.
● This is not only what Taharqa did, but that in the Karnak Temple he had already made a ramp that was giving a royal impression to the beholder. He actually built it in the middle of that second crossing located in the Karnak Temple, which was dividing it since that time into three sections, and that was of course after the operations which he undertook in the construction of this ramp.
● Indeed, after all that we have mentioned, let us emphasize one of the important things, which is that King Taharqa was at that time an important ruler.
● What proves this is that during his reign and periods of rule he represented a golden age for his new kingdom.
● One of the most important things that counts for him is that although he was not a ruler of Egyptian origin, he had already succeeded in preserving the worship of the Egyptian god Amun.

Military history of the rule of the Kushite king Taharqa

● In fact, one of the most important things agreed upon is that the process of crowning King Taharqa to be king took place in the year 690 BC.
● As it was the first years of the king’s rule, Taharqa enjoyed peace.
● Also, all of these local rulers enjoyed a very significant amount of autonomy.
● It’s also because. All this great competition with the Assyrians, and King Taharqa had supported those local rebellions that arose in the Phoenician cities, as they were the ones whose goal or what they sought was independence.
● King Esarhaddon had previously tried to invade Egypt, but despite his large army, he was defeated. Then he tried again, but after a relatively long period of three years had passed, but at that time he had managed to defeat Taharqa.
● As Tahariq had fled at that time from the city of Memphis, leaving behind his royal family, which had been captured and sent to the region of Assyria with that great wealth from Memphis.

 

King Taharqa | History, Facts kings Egyptian Pharaohs Kingdom of Kush
King Taharqa | History, Facts kings Egyptian Pharaohs Kingdom of Kush

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