Napata (nəpā`tə, –pä`–), ancient city of Nubia Nubia (n
`bēə), ancient state of NE Africa.
..... Click the link for more information. , just below the Fourth Cataract of the Nile Nile, longest river in the world, c.4,160 mi (6,695 km) long from its remotest headstream, the Luvironza River in Burundi, central Africa, to its delta on the Mediterranean Sea, NE Egypt. The Nile flows northward and drains c.
..... Click the link for more information. . From about the 8th cent. B.C., Napata was the capital of the kingdom of Cush 1 Asian nation, perhaps the same as one of similar name in E Mesopotamia. Gen. 10.8; 1 Chron. 1.10.
2 Ancient kingdom of Nubia , in the present Sudan, which flourished from the 11th cent. B.C. to the 4th cent. A.D. The rulers of Cush overran Upper Egypt (mid-8th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . Many great temples like those of Thebes were built here by Taharka Taharka (təhär`kə) or Tirhakah
..... Click the link for more information. (XXV dynasty). The Cushite capital was later moved (c.530 B.C.) to Meroë Meroë (mĕr`ōē), ancient city in N Sudan, on the east bank of the Nile, N of Khartoum. In the mid-6th cent. B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. .
`bēə), ancient state of NE Africa...... Click the link for more information. , just below the Fourth Cataract of the Nile Nile, longest river in the world, c.4,160 mi (6,695 km) long from its remotest headstream, the Luvironza River in Burundi, central Africa, to its delta on the Mediterranean Sea, NE Egypt. The Nile flows northward and drains c.
..... Click the link for more information. . From about the 8th cent. B.C., Napata was the capital of the kingdom of Cush 1 Asian nation, perhaps the same as one of similar name in E Mesopotamia. Gen. 10.8; 1 Chron. 1.10.
2 Ancient kingdom of Nubia , in the present Sudan, which flourished from the 11th cent. B.C. to the 4th cent. A.D. The rulers of Cush overran Upper Egypt (mid-8th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . Many great temples like those of Thebes were built here by Taharka Taharka (təhär`kə) or Tirhakah
..... Click the link for more information. (XXV dynasty). The Cushite capital was later moved (c.530 B.C.) to Meroë Meroë (mĕr`ōē), ancient city in N Sudan, on the east bank of the Nile, N of Khartoum. In the mid-6th cent. B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. .
Napata
Town in ancient Egypt. Located below the fourth cataract of the Nile River in the northern part of what is now The Sudan, it was the capital (c. 750–590 BC) of the Nubian kingdom of Kush and was part of the homeland of the Karmah culture. From the early 18th dynasty it came under Egyptian influence. Ruins in the area include pyramids and temples.
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