Why some people refuse to believe Egypt is in Africa?
“The answer is unfortunately as simple as it seems: it boils down to profound racism and a feeling of white superiority that emanates from the rotting corpse of colonialism.”
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“The answer is unfortunately as simple as it seems: it boils down to profound racism and a feeling of white superiority that emanates from the rotting corpse of colonialism.”
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”Gods make a king, and man make a king, but Amun made ME.”
Pharaoh Alara was the first to unify upper Egypt, establishing Napada as the religious Capitol in Nubia.
Founder of the 25th Dynasty.
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Pharaoh Alara was the first to unify upper Egypt, establishing Napada as the religious Capitol in Nubia.
Founder of the 25th Dynasty.
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“Nubian literature credits him with a substantial reign since future Nubian kings requested that they enjoy a reign as long as Alara's. His memory was central to the myth of the origins of the Kushite kingdom."
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Alara was a deeply revered figure in Nubian culture and the first Nubian king whose name has come down to scholars.
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"Alara's existence is first documented in the Egyptian hieroglyphic stela of Queen Tabiry who was Alara's [black nubian] daughter by Queen Kasaqa, Alara's wife."
Funerary Stela of Queen Tabiry
(Source: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum).
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(Source: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum).
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“There is an offering-table with bread and beer between Tabiry and Osiris.
Columns of hieroglyphs with the names of gods and the title of Tabiry.
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Columns of hieroglyphs with the names of gods and the title of Tabiry.
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The Black Pharaohs of Egypt: The Kings of Kush – Egypt’s 25th Dynasty
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#2. King Kashta of Kush
“A new power is rising in the South and extending its power into the divided Egyptian kingdom.”
King Kashta is the successor of Alara. It's his brother.
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alchetron.com/Kashta
“A new power is rising in the South and extending its power into the divided Egyptian kingdom.”
King Kashta is the successor of Alara. It's his brother.
#BlackHistoryMonth
alchetron.com/Kashta
“By the 8th century BCE the kings of Kush came from hereditary ruling families of Egyptianized Nubian chiefs who possessed neither political nor family ties with Egypt. Under one such king, Kashta, Kush acquired control of Upper (i.e., southern) Egypt"...
... and under his son Piye (formerly known as Piankhi; reigned c. 750–c. 719 BCE) the whole of Egypt to the shores of the Mediterranean was brought under the administration of Kush.”
The Man With The Plan - Piye of Kush
This Kushite king was one of the early founders of the Twenty-fifth dynasty -- a Kushite king who ruled from his city of #Napata, in Nubia.
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This Kushite king was one of the early founders of the Twenty-fifth dynasty -- a Kushite king who ruled from his city of #Napata, in Nubia.
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piye
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