Napata, the Glossary
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60 relations: Aida, Amun, Ancient Egyptian deities, Anlamani, Ashurbanipal, Aspelta, Atbarah River, Augustus, Barbara Mertz, Butana, Donald B. Redford, Egyptian language, El-Kurru, Erik Hornung, Esarhaddon, French language, Gaius Petronius, Germany, Giuseppe Verdi, High Priest of Amun, Ian Shaw (Egyptologist), Jebel Barkal, Karima, Sudan, Karnak, Kashta, Kawa, Sudan, Kingdom of Kush, List of governors of Roman Egypt, Memphis, Egypt, Meroë, Meroitic language, Middle Kingdom of Egypt, Natakamani, Necho I, Neo-Assyrian Empire, New Kingdom of Egypt, Nile, Nubian architecture, Nuri, Piye, Psamtik I, Res Gestae Divi Augusti, Richard Lobban, Roman Empire, Sais, Egypt, Shabaka, Smendes, Taharqa, Tantamani, Temple of Amun, Jebel Barkal, ... Expand index (10 more) »
- Ancient Greek geography of East Africa
- Former capitals of Egypt
- Former populated places in Sudan
- Iron Age Africa
- Kushite cities
- Populated places disestablished in the 1st century BC
Aida
Aida (or Aïda) is a tragic opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.
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Amun
Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad.
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Ancient Egyptian deities
Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt.
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Anlamani
Anlamani was a king of the Kingdom of Kush in Nubia, who ruled from 620 BC and died around 600 BC.
Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal (𒀸𒋩𒆕𒀀|translit.
Aspelta
Aspelta was a ruler of the kingdom of Kush (c. 600 – c. 580 BCE).
Atbarah River
The Atbarah River (نهر عطبرة; transliterated: Nahr 'Atbarah), also referred to as the Red Nile and / or Black Nile, is a river in northeast Africa.
Augustus
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire.
Barbara Mertz
Barbara Louise Mertz (September 29, 1927 – August 8, 2013) was an American author who wrote under her own name as well as under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels.
Butana
The Butana (Arabic: البطانة, Buṭāna), historically called the Island of Meroë, is the region between the Atbara and the Nile in the Sudan.
Donald B. Redford
Donald Bruce Redford (born September 2, 1934) is a Canadian Egyptologist and archaeologist, currently Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Pennsylvania State University.
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Egyptian language
The Egyptian language, or Ancient Egyptian, is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages that was spoken in ancient Egypt.
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El-Kurru
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.
Erik Hornung
Erik Hornung (28 January 1933 – 11 July 2022) was a Latvian-born German Egyptologist and one of the most influential modern writers on ancient Egyptian religion.
Esarhaddon
Esarhaddon, also spelled Essarhaddon, Assarhaddon and Ashurhaddon (𒀭𒊹𒉽𒀸, also 𒀭𒊹𒉽𒋧𒈾, meaning "Ashur has given me a brother"; Biblical Hebrew: ʾĒsar-Ḥaddōn) was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Sennacherib in 681 BC to his own death in 669.
French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Gaius Petronius
Gaius Petronius or Publius Petronius (75 BC – after 20 BC) was the second and then fourth Prefect of Roman Aegyptus.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas.
High Priest of Amun
The High Priest of Amun or First Prophet of Amun (ḥm nṯr tpj n jmn) was the highest-ranking priest in the priesthood of the ancient Egyptian god Amun.
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Ian Shaw (Egyptologist)
Ian Shaw, (born 1961) is a British academic and Egyptologist, who earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge and became a Reader in Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Liverpool.
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Jebel Barkal
Jebel Barkal or Gebel Barkal (Jabal Barkal) is a mesa or large rock outcrop located 400 km north of Khartoum, next to Karima in Northern State in Sudan, on the Nile River, in the region that is sometimes called Nubia.
Karima, Sudan
Karima (كريمة) is a town in Northern State in Sudan some 400 km from Khartoum on a loop of the Nile.
Karnak
The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt.
Kashta
Kashta was an 8th century BCE king of the Kushite Dynasty in ancient Nubia and the successor of Alara.
Kawa, Sudan
Kawa, known as Patigga or Patinga during Greek and Roman times, is a town and archaeological site in Sudan, located between the Third and Fourth Cataracts of the Nile on the east bank of the river, across from Dongola. Napata and Kawa, Sudan are Former populated places in Sudan and Kushite cities.
Kingdom of Kush
The Kingdom of Kush (Egyptian: 𓎡𓄿𓈙𓈉 kꜣš, Assyrian: Kûsi, in LXX Χους or Αἰθιοπία; ⲉϭⲱϣ Ecōš; כּוּשׁ Kūš), also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.
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List of governors of Roman Egypt
During the Roman Empire, the governor of Roman Egypt (praefectus Aegypti) was a prefect who administered the Roman province of Egypt with the delegated authority (imperium) of the emperor.
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Memphis, Egypt
Memphis (Manf,; Bohairic ⲙⲉⲙϥⲓ; Μέμφις), or Men-nefer, was the ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first nome of Lower Egypt that was known as mḥw ("North"). Napata and Memphis, Egypt are Cities in ancient Egypt and Former capitals of Egypt.
Meroë
Meroë (also spelled Meroe; Meroitic: Medewi; translit and label; translit) was an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, Sudan, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum. Napata and Meroë are ancient Greek geography of East Africa, Former populated places in Sudan and Kushite cities.
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Meroitic language
The Meroitic language was spoken in Meroë (in present-day Sudan) during the Meroitic period (attested from 300 BC) and became extinct about 400 AD.
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Middle Kingdom of Egypt
The Middle Kingdom of Egypt (also known as The Period of Reunification) is the period in the history of ancient Egypt following a period of political division known as the First Intermediate Period.
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Natakamani
Natakamani, also called Aqrakamani, was a king of Kush who reigned from Meroë in the middle of the 1st century CE.
Necho I
Menkheperre Necho I (Egyptian: Nekau, Greek: Νεχώς Α' or Νεχώ Α', Akkadian: Nikuu or Nikû) (? – near Memphis) was a ruler of the ancient Egyptian city of Sais.
Neo-Assyrian Empire
The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history.
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New Kingdom of Egypt
The New Kingdom, also referred to as the Egyptian Empire, was the ancient Egyptian state between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC.
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Nile
The Nile (also known as the Nile River) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa.
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Nubian architecture
Nubian architecture is diverse and ancient.
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Nuri
Nuri is a place in modern Sudan on the west side of the Nile, near the Fourth Cataract.
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Piye
Piye (once transliterated as Pankhy or Piankhi; d. 714 BC) was an ancient Kushite king and founder of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled Egypt from 744–714 BC.
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Psamtik I
Wahibre Psamtik I (Ancient Egyptian) was the first pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, the Saite period, ruling from the city of Sais in the Nile delta between 664–610 BC.
Res Gestae Divi Augusti
Res Gestae Divi Augusti (Eng. The Deeds of the Divine Augustus) is a monumental inscription composed by the first Roman emperor, Augustus, giving a first-person record of his life and accomplishments.
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Richard Lobban
Richard A. Lobban, Jr., husband of Dr.
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
Sais, Egypt
Sais (Σάϊς, Ⲥⲁⲓ) was an ancient Egyptian city in the Western Nile Delta on the Canopic branch of the Nile,Mish, Frederick C., Editor in Chief. Napata and Sais, Egypt are Cities in ancient Egypt, Former capitals of Egypt and Populated places established in the 2nd millennium BC.
Shabaka
Neferkare Shabaka, or Shabako (Egyptian: 𓆷𓃞𓂓 šꜣ bꜣ kꜣ, Assyrian: Sha-ba-ku-u) was the third Kushite pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, who reigned from 705 to 690 BC.
Smendes
Hedjkheperre Setepenre Smendes was the founder of the Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt and succeeded to the throne after burying Ramesses XI in Lower Egypt – territory which he controlled.
Taharqa
Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo (tꜣhrwq, Akkadian: Tar-qu-ú, Tirhāqā, 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.
Tantamani
Tantamani (tnwt-jmn, Neo-Assyrian:, Τεμένθης), also known as Tanutamun or Tanwetamani (d. 653 BC) was ruler of the Kingdom of Kush located in Northern Sudan, and the last pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.
Temple of Amun, Jebel Barkal
The Temple of Amun is an archaeological site at Jebel Barkal in Northern State, Sudan.
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Temple of Mut, Jebel Barkal
The Temple of Mut, also named Temple B300, is a temple at Jebel Barkal in Northern State, Sudan.
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Thebes, Egypt
Thebes (طيبة, Θῆβαι, Thēbai), known to the ancient Egyptians as Waset (Arabic: وسط), was an ancient Egyptian city located along the Nile about south of the Mediterranean. Napata and Thebes, Egypt are Cities in ancient Egypt, Former capitals of Egypt and Populated places disestablished in the 1st century BC.
The Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt began with the death of Pharaoh Ramesses XI in 1077 BC, which ended the New Kingdom, and was eventually followed by the Late Period. Napata and Third Intermediate Period of Egypt are Iron Age Africa.
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Thutmose III
Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the sixth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty.
Thutmose IV
Thutmose IV (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis IV, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; ḏḥwti.msi(.w) "Thoth is born") was the 8th Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled in approximately the 14th century BC.
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
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, or the Napatans, after their capital Napata, was the last dynasty of the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt that occurred after the Kushite invasion.
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Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXI, alternatively 21st Dynasty or Dynasty 21) is usually classified as the first Dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian Third Intermediate Period, lasting from 1077 BC to 943 BC.
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Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXVI, alternatively 26th Dynasty or Dynasty 26) was the last native dynasty of ancient Egypt before the Persian conquest in 525 BC (although other brief periods of rule by Egyptians followed).
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt (صعيد مصر, shortened to الصعيد,, locally) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the Nile River valley south of the delta and the 30th parallel N. It thus consists of the entire Nile River valley from Cairo south to Lake Nasser (formed by the Aswan High Dam).
See also
Ancient Greek geography of East Africa
- Adulis
- Aethiopia
- Arsinoe (Eritrea)
- Avalites
- Axum
- Azania
- Berenice Epideires
- Bulhar
- Essina
- Hafun
- Heis (town)
- Malao
- Menouthias
- Meroë
- Mosylon
- Mudun
- Napata
- Nikon (Somalia)
- Nubia
- Opone
- Ptolemais Theron
- Qohaito
- Rhapta
- Sarapion
- Toniki
- Zeila
Former capitals of Egypt
- Al-Askar
- Al-Qata'i
- Alexandria
- Amarna
- Avaris
- Bubastis
- Buto
- Fustat
- Heracleopolis Magna
- Itjtawy
- Leontopolis
- List of historical capitals of Egypt
- Memphis, Egypt
- Mendes
- Napata
- Pi-Ramesses
- Sais, Egypt
- Samannud
- Tanis
- Thebes, Egypt
- Thinis
Former populated places in Sudan
- Almorada (Omdurman)
- Areika
- Badi, Sudan
- Bant (Omdurman)
- Berenice Panchrysos
- Doukki Gel
- Faras
- Karanog
- Kawa, Sudan
- Kerma
- Korosko
- Meroë
- Napata
- Naqa
- Ptolemais Theron
- Soba (city)
- Uronarti
- Wad ban Naqa
Iron Age Africa
Kushite cities
Populated places disestablished in the 1st century BC
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napata
Also known as Napatan.
, Temple of Mut, Jebel Barkal, Thebes, Egypt, Third Intermediate Period of Egypt, Thutmose III, Thutmose IV, Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt, Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, UNESCO, Upper Egypt.