Egypt
The Huffington Post (Aladdin Elaasar)
I suppose it depends on how you define "pharaoh" but whichever way you cut it Taharqa doesn't seem to come out as the last of the pharaohs!
- New Book: Tausret
Oxford University Press Tausret. Forgotten Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt Edited by Richard H. Wilkinson Description One of only a few women who ruled ancient Egypt as a king during its thousands of years of history, Tausret was the last pharaoh...
- Exhibition: Where's Cleo?
Archeaology Magazine (Mark Rose) Cleopatra’s reputation as a seducer of emperors—Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Octavian (later Caesar Augustus)—and her suicide by snake bite have made her one of the ancient world’s most intriguing characters....
- In The Field: More Re Taharqa Statue
The Independent, UK (Owen Jarus) With a photograph of the statue in situ. No statue of a pharaoh has ever been found further south of Egypt than this one. At the height of his reign, King Taharqa controlled an empire stretching from Sudan to the Levant....
- Egypt In Hollywood
http://tinyurl.com/7qgmj Yesterday a new exhibition opened at the Hollywood Museum: Egypt in Hollywood: A Retrospective 1898-2005: "Located in the lower level of the historic Max Factor Building, the exhibit presents the largest collection of Egypt-themed...
- Taharqa In The Sudan
Finally we have a picture of the massive statue of the Egyptian pharaoh Taharqa last pharaoh of Egypt's 25th Nubian dynasty. The striding statue of the king has been found far south of Egypt in the Sudan. Statues of two other Nubian kings were found...
Egypt
Trivia - The Last Pharaoh
The Huffington Post (Aladdin Elaasar)
I suppose it depends on how you define "pharaoh" but whichever way you cut it Taharqa doesn't seem to come out as the last of the pharaohs!
Will Smith is a natural for the role of Taharqa the Nubian king. Little has been explored about Africa's Nubia and its kings who played a role thousands of years ago in ruling Egypt. They're almost forgotten now, especially after Nasser's government in Egypt relocated them from their villages after building the Aswan Dam. Their unique language and culture is feared to be extinct.
Will Smith's upcoming movie sheds light on that long forgotten history. Usually Hollywood tackles other pages of Egyptian history already known to people, such as The Ten Commandments, and Cleopatra by Liz Taylor. Cleopatra, the Greek queen, was reduced by Hollywood to a mere vixen who seduced Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony.
Hollywood movies sometimes present untrue fictitious characters of archetypal villains with sinister heavy accents drabbed in ancient Egyptian costumes. The Last Pharaoh is an exception. Will Smith deserves a great deal of credit for tackling that long forgotten history.
- New Book: Tausret
Oxford University Press Tausret. Forgotten Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt Edited by Richard H. Wilkinson Description One of only a few women who ruled ancient Egypt as a king during its thousands of years of history, Tausret was the last pharaoh...
- Exhibition: Where's Cleo?
Archeaology Magazine (Mark Rose) Cleopatra’s reputation as a seducer of emperors—Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Octavian (later Caesar Augustus)—and her suicide by snake bite have made her one of the ancient world’s most intriguing characters....
- In The Field: More Re Taharqa Statue
The Independent, UK (Owen Jarus) With a photograph of the statue in situ. No statue of a pharaoh has ever been found further south of Egypt than this one. At the height of his reign, King Taharqa controlled an empire stretching from Sudan to the Levant....
- Egypt In Hollywood
http://tinyurl.com/7qgmj Yesterday a new exhibition opened at the Hollywood Museum: Egypt in Hollywood: A Retrospective 1898-2005: "Located in the lower level of the historic Max Factor Building, the exhibit presents the largest collection of Egypt-themed...
- Taharqa In The Sudan
Finally we have a picture of the massive statue of the Egyptian pharaoh Taharqa last pharaoh of Egypt's 25th Nubian dynasty. The striding statue of the king has been found far south of Egypt in the Sudan. Statues of two other Nubian kings were found...