Taharqa
Egyptian Pharaoh of the 25th dynasty · Politicians · Died 664 BC
Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo, was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom of Kush 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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![Taharqa portrait, Nubian Museum.[15]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/El-Kurru_King_Taharqa_XXV_Dynasty.jpg/1280px-El-Kurru_King_Taharqa_XXV_Dynasty.jpg)
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Died 664 BC