Taharqa

Taharqa

Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo (Ancient Egyptian: 𓇿𓉔𓃭𓈎, romanized: tꜣhrwq, Akkadian: Tar-qu-ú, Hebrew: תִּרְהָקָה, romanized: Tīrhāqā, Manetho's Tarakos, Strabo's Tearco), was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom of Kush (present day Sudan) from 690 to 664 BC. He was one of the "Black Pharaohs" who ruled over Egypt for nearly a century, or one of the Nubian (or Kushite) Pharaohs of Egypt, since the traditional representation of the 25th dynasty as "Black Pharaohs" has drawn criticism from scholars, specifically because the term suggests that other dynasties did not share similar southern origins. (see Ancient Egyptian race controversy). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taharqa has received more than 668,422 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Taharqa is the 3,240th most popular politician (down from 3,077th in 2019).

Taharqa is most famous for being the last pharaoh of the 25th dynasty, which was the last native Egyptian dynasty.