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    Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo (Egyptian: 𓇿𓉔𓃭𓈎 tꜣhrwq, Akkadian: Tar-qu-ú, Hebrew: תִּרְהָקָה, Modern: Tīrhaqa, Tiberian: Tīrhāqā, Manetho's...
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    temple entrance are all owed to Taharqa and Mentuemhet. Taharqa and the Kushites marked a renaissance in Pharaonic art. Taharqa built the largest pyramid (52...
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    the task. He defeated Taharqa, driving his forces back into Nubia, and Taharqa died in Napata soon after in 664 BC.: 121  Taharqa's successor, Tantamani...
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    Jerusalem after Hezekiah prayed in the temple). There are various theories (Taharqa's army, disease, divine intervention, Hezekiah's surrender, Herodotus' mice...
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    between the reign of Taharqa and Shabaka seems to be excessively long. He notes that Papyrus Louvre E 3328c from Year 2 or Year 6 of Taharqa mentions the sale...
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    : 157–158  Taharqa's reign was a prosperous time in the empire with a particularly large Nile river flood and abundant crops and wine. Taharqa's inscriptions...
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    Taharqa, Ashmolean Museum Shrine and Sphinx of Taharqa. Taharqa appears between the legs of the Ram-Spinx The Ram-Spinx and Taharqa Relief of Taharqa...
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    return of Esarhaddon after his army's 2nd battle and victory over Pharaoh Taharqa in northern ancient Egypt in 671 BC. It was discovered in 1888 in Zincirli...
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    to have had three or four wives. Abar was the mother of his successor Taharqa. Further wives are Tabiry, Peksater and probably Khensa. Piye is known...
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    Assyria defeats king Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule. 690 BC: Taharqa, a king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of Egypt (approximate...
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