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Taharqa was the greatest of Egypt's Nubian kings.

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King Taharqa leads his queens through a crowd during a festival.

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Nubian troops storm the walled capital of Memphis with flaming arrows.

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Nubian Queen Kawit, shown on her sarcophagus having her hair dressed.

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The Pyramids of Meroe.

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Gold rings and bags of gold are being offered from Nubia by Nubians.

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A Nubian female fertility figuirine made of clay.

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Rows of Nubian archers march in stride in a wooden model.

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A temple complex for the pharaoh Taharqa.

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Inscriptions on rocks record Thutmosis I conquests.

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Taharqa created a temple dedicated to the goddess Mut.

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Nubian pharaohs and queens were buried in Egyptian-style pyramids.

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The Kiosk of Taharqa, first courtyard at the Karnak Temple.

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The wooden figurine of a faithful servant from Nubia.

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