Nubia Lost Kingdoms of the Nile

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The Kingdom of Kush: Napatan Period (750 – 270 B.C.) • During the Napatan Period, Egypt became weak again. • In about 724 B.C., kushite king Piye (Piankhy) conquered Egypt and declared himself pharaoh over all of Egypt and Nubia. • Kushites governed for about 60 years. • During their reign, the Kushite pharaohs created harmony and stability in Egypt and encouraged a resurgence in traditional art, architecture and religion. • They used the Egyptian language, and wore Egyptian royal dress, but the Kushite pharaohs retained links with their Nubian ancestry. • They promoted fellow Kushites to powerful positions as a way of keeping control and chose to be buried in cemeteries surrounding Napata.
Napatan Period Burial Practices • During the Napatan Period, Nubians adopted several Egyptian customs including some funerary traditions. • Nubians began to build small pyramids. The first Nubian pyramids were built in el-Kurru and included king Piye’s tomb. • They began mummifying their dead. • The Egyptian tradition of including servant statuettes or shawabtis took the place of human sacrifices. • The main Nubian burial practice that stayed intact was the use of funeral beds instead of coffins (wood) or sarcophagi (stone). • Later in the Napatan Period, pyramids were built in Nuri as well. • The oldest and largest pyramid at Nuri belongs to king Taharqa, Piye’s son.
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