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Black pharaoh12/28/2022 ![]() For over half a century, the Kushite pharaohs governed a combined kingdom of Egypt and Kush, with an empire stretching from the Delta in the north to the upper reaches of the southern region in Sudan. Finely sculpted, and in an excellent state of preservation, they portrayed five pharaonic rulers, including Taharqa and Tanutamuni, the last two pharaohs of the “Kushite” Dynasty, when Egypt was ruled by kings from the lands of modern-day Sudan. In 2003, as discussed above, Bonnet and his Swiss archaeological team discovered a ditch within a temple at Dukki Gel, the ancient city of Pnoubs, which contained seven royal black granite statues. The “Black pharaohs” description became more common in the late 1990s when Robert Morkot published his book, The Black Pharaohs: Egypt’s Nubian Rulers (1999), followed by Charles Bonnet’s work, The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings on the Nile (2007). Egyptologists have dubbed this as the dynasty of the “Black pharaohs,” erroneously indicating that this was the first dynasty of Black kings to rule Egypt. The Kushite King Alara arose from Napata near the 4th cataract in Sudan, and established the 25th dynasty (c. ![]() ![]() Gebel Barkel – room C.ĭuring the 25th dynasty political and cultural renaissance, the Kushites introduced into Egypt the Demotic script, which is a cursive form of hieroglyphic writing. Taharqa followed by his mother, Queen Abar. Kush reappeared in Egyptian history in the role of the restorer of political and national unity, and the political entities were united into the Kingdom of Kush. They ruled a vast territory extending from central or southern Sudan to lower Nubia. There is a major gap in knowledge about Kush and the other “southern lands” for over 700 years until the 8th century BCE, when Kushite kings emerged from the deep south area at Napata.
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