Philosophia
January 21st, 2008, 05:46 PM
Black Pharaohs
For 75 years Nubian kings ruled over ancient Egypt, reunifying the country and building an empire. Until recently, theirs was a chapter of history lost in the shadows.
Piye was the first of the so-called black pharaohs—a series of Nubian kings who ruled over all of Egypt for three-quarters of a century as that country’s 25th dynasty. Through inscriptions carved on stelae by both the Nubians and their enemies, it is possible to map out these rulers’ vast footprint on the continent. The black pharaohs reunified a tattered Egypt and filled its landscape with glorious monuments, creating an empire that stretched from the southern border at present-day Khartoum all the way north to the Mediterranean Sea. They stood up to the bloodthirsty Assyrians, perhaps saving Jerusalem in the process.
From here (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/2008-02/black-pharaohs/draper-text.html).
Unfortunately, I don't know a lot about the Nubian kings that ruled Egypt for 75 years. _inabox_ This is an interesting beginning to learning more about this era in Egyptian history.
For 75 years Nubian kings ruled over ancient Egypt, reunifying the country and building an empire. Until recently, theirs was a chapter of history lost in the shadows.
Piye was the first of the so-called black pharaohs—a series of Nubian kings who ruled over all of Egypt for three-quarters of a century as that country’s 25th dynasty. Through inscriptions carved on stelae by both the Nubians and their enemies, it is possible to map out these rulers’ vast footprint on the continent. The black pharaohs reunified a tattered Egypt and filled its landscape with glorious monuments, creating an empire that stretched from the southern border at present-day Khartoum all the way north to the Mediterranean Sea. They stood up to the bloodthirsty Assyrians, perhaps saving Jerusalem in the process.
From here (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/2008-02/black-pharaohs/draper-text.html).
Unfortunately, I don't know a lot about the Nubian kings that ruled Egypt for 75 years. _inabox_ This is an interesting beginning to learning more about this era in Egyptian history.