Nubian Pharaohs Black Kings on the Nile

Name: Nubian Pharaohs Black Kings on the Nile
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ISBN: 9789774160103

ISBN-10: 977416010X

ISBN-13: 9789774160103

Edition: 2006

Authors: Charles Bonnet, Jean Leclant, Jean Leclant

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In 2003, a Swiss archaeological team working in northern Sudan uncovered one of the most remarkable Egyptological finds in recent years. At the site known as Kerma, near the third cataract of the Nile, archaeologist Charles Bonnet and his team discovered a ditch within a temple from the ancient city of Pnoubs, which contained seven monumental black granite statues. Magnificently sculpted, and in an excellent state of preservation, they portrayed five pharaonic rulers, including Taharqa and Tanoutamon, the last two pharaohs of the 'Nubian' Dynasty, when Egypt was ruled by kings from the lands of modern-day Sudan. For over half a century, the Nubian pharaohs governed a combined kingdom of…

Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Publication date: 1/31/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 10.00" wide x 13.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 4.114
Language: English



The site


The protohistoric town


The Nubian town and its necropolis


The Egyptian town


Kerma after the Egyptians


The discovery


A temple to Amun of Pnubs


Akhenaten at Pnubs


The Kushite temples of Pnubs


A virgin cache


The royal statues


The statues of Taharqa and Tanutamun


The statues of Senkamanisken, Anlamani, and Aspelta


Egyptian sculptors in Nubia


Kushite artists of Egyptian inspiration


A tumultuous history


Taharqa versus the Assyrians


Tanutamun and Psamtik I


The early years of the Napatan dynasty


Psamtik II's military expedition into Nubia


Ritual deposits in Egypt and Nubia


Caches


Egyptian and Nubian statues from Kerma


The birth and consecration of statues in the mansion of gold


The life and death of statues in the temple