Taharqa

Taharqa
Statue of Taharqa. His name appears on the center of his belt:


(tꜣ-h-rw-q, "Taharqa"). The statue is 2.7 meters tall. Taharqa has a striding pose, the arms held tight, and holds the mekes staff. He wears a shendyt or pleated kilt and on his head is a double-uraeus skullcap, possibly signifying his rule over Nubia and Egypt. (Louvre Museum, color reconstruction of the jewelry through pigment analysis).
Pharaoh
Reign690–664 BC
PredecessorShabaka
SuccessorTantamani
Royal titulary
Horus name
Qekhau

Nebty name
Qekhau

Golden Horus
Khutawy
Protector of the Two Lands

Prenomen
Nefertemkhure
Nefertum is his Protector
Nomen
Taharqa
Taharqa


ConsortGreat Queen Takahatenamun, Atakhebasken, Naparaye, Tabekenamun
ChildrenAmenirdis II, Ushankhuru, Nesishutefnut
FatherPiye
MotherAbar
Died664 BC
Dynasty25th dynasty

Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo, Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒁹𒋻𒄣𒌑, romanized: Tarqû; Hebrew: תִּרְהָקָה, romanized: Tīrhāqā; Manetho's Τάρακος, Tárakos; Strabo's Τεαρκὼ, Tearkṑ), 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. He was one of the "Black Pharaohs" – also called Nubian or Kushite Pharaohs – who ruled over Egypt for nearly a century.

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