Egypt
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Kat and I have been swamped with Will Smith notifications, but Kat has pulled one out of the pack which is better than most:
See the above page for more.
- Nubian Gallery At Royal Ontario Museum Re-opens
The Star (John Goddard) Before Barack Obama there was Taharqa. Last in a line of so-called Black Pharaohs, he ruled over ancient Egypt and beyond as king of the African civilization of Kush, the last black leader of a superpower before the current U.S....
- 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...
- In The Field: More Re Taharqa And Other Statues
Reuters UK The Pharaoh Taharqa, mentioned in the Bible for saving Jerusalem from the Assyrians, was a Kushite from north Sudan but ruled a wide empire through Egypt to the borders of Palestine. The southern borders are unknown. The Kushite civilization...
- Massive Statue Of Egyptian Ruler Taharqa Found Deep Inside Sudan
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) A massive one ton granite statue of the pharaoh Taharqa has been found in Dangeil, deep inside Sudan. Taharqa was a pharaoh of the 25th dynasty of Egypt. This was a period of Kushite rule, which means that Taharqa and his fellow...
- 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: Will smith is The Last Pharaoh
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Kat and I have been swamped with Will Smith notifications, but Kat has pulled one out of the pack which is better than most:
Will Smith really wants a crack at the ancient history epic, and this time it looks like he's going to get it. According to Variety, Smith has hired the go-to guy for historical epics, Randall Wallace, to pen The Last Pharaoh for him to star in.
It won't actually be about the last pharaoh of Egypt (Cleopatra still holds that distinction), but Taharqa, a member of the Nubian dynasty of Egypt, who ruled from 690 to 664 B.C.E. Mentioned by Greek historian Strabo as one of the greatest military tacticians in the world, he's believed to be Tirhakah, king of Ethopia, who's mentioned in the Old Testament as driving Assyrian king Sennacherib away from destroying Jerusalem. Taharqa wasn't just a fighter, though -- he was devoted to peaceful works like restoring temples, and building sanctuaries all over Nubia and Egypt. Nevertheless, his biggest claim to fame is fighting the Assyrians, who invaded Egypt in 677. He didn't exactly defeat them -- they took Memphis and established the 26th dynasty, and Taharqa was driven back to Nubia, where he died in 664.
It definitely has the potential of an action packed story, but I'm curious as to how it's going to be fleshed out.
See the above page for more.
- Nubian Gallery At Royal Ontario Museum Re-opens
The Star (John Goddard) Before Barack Obama there was Taharqa. Last in a line of so-called Black Pharaohs, he ruled over ancient Egypt and beyond as king of the African civilization of Kush, the last black leader of a superpower before the current U.S....
- 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...
- In The Field: More Re Taharqa And Other Statues
Reuters UK The Pharaoh Taharqa, mentioned in the Bible for saving Jerusalem from the Assyrians, was a Kushite from north Sudan but ruled a wide empire through Egypt to the borders of Palestine. The southern borders are unknown. The Kushite civilization...
- Massive Statue Of Egyptian Ruler Taharqa Found Deep Inside Sudan
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) A massive one ton granite statue of the pharaoh Taharqa has been found in Dangeil, deep inside Sudan. Taharqa was a pharaoh of the 25th dynasty of Egypt. This was a period of Kushite rule, which means that Taharqa and his fellow...
- 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...