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Places tagged “kushite napatan”

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🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid

El-Kurru Pyramid Ku.1 (King Piye / Piankhy)

Napatan founding, c.750 BCE · Kushite Napatan

Founder's pyramid Ku.1 at El-Kurru for King Piye/Piankhy (c.747–716 BCE, founder of 25th Dynasty who conquered Egypt).

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🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid

Jebel Barkal Pyramid Bar.2 (King Amaninatakilebte)

Napatan, c.538–519 BCE · Kushite Napatan

Pyramid Bar.2 at Jebel Barkal north cemetery for King Amaninatakilebte (c.538–519 BCE, Napatan 27th Dynasty contemporaneous with Persian Egypt).