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Aspelta was a
ruler of the
kingdom of Kush (c. 600 – c. 580 BCE). More is
known about him and his
reign than most of the
rulers of Kush. He left several...
- King
Karkamani Nuri 8 – King
Aspelta, son of King
Senkamanisken and
Queen Naparaye Nuri 9 – King Aramatle-qo, son of
Aspelta Nuri 10 – King Amaninatakilebte...
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prevalent method in
Europe for
naming years.
Amtalqa succeeds his
brother Aspelta as king of Kush. The
babylonians took over
Jerusalem and
demolished the...
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princes including Anlami and
Aspelta. The
bodies of
these kings were
placed in huge
granite sarcophagi.
Aspelta's weighed 15.5 tons, and its lid weighed...
- Myers, 1928
Aspelta europaea Hauer, 1939
Aspelta harringi Remane, 1929
Aspelta lestes Harring & Myers, 1928
Aspelta pachida (Gosse, 1887)
Aspelta reibischi...
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likely that this was a time of
unrest and
conflict within the
royal elite.
Aspelta moved the
capital to Meroë,
considerably ****her
south than Napata, possibly...
- Twenty-fifth
Dynasty of Egypt, 690–664 BCE
Statue of the Ku****e
Pharaoh Aspelta,
Napata period (c. 620–580 BCE)
Column and
elephant - part of the temple...
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though it is now
known to have been a palace.
Colossal statue of King
Aspelta from the
Temple of Amun,
Jebel Barkal.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The...
- ****yrian
Empire 6th
century BC Egypt: 592 BC:
Psamtik II
sacks Napata Sudan:
Aspelta moves the Ku****e
capital to
Meroe Near East: 539 BC:
Achaemenid conquest...
- was the son of Senkamanisken, his predecessor, and the
elder brother of
Aspelta, his successor.
Anlamani used
titles based on
those of the
Egyptian pharaohs...
