The statue of Taharqa
The statue of Taharqa

Hello, allow me to introduce myself. I am King Taharqa son of Piye, the King of Kush Kingdom, which is now known as Sudan and Egypt.

The statue of Taharqa
Atlanersa

Standing in front of you is the statue of my son "Atlanersa", it is a statue made of granite, which was discovered by the archaeologist George Reisner in the year 1916 AD.

The statue of Taharqa
Offering Table

What you see in front of you here is an Offering Table belonging to King Siaspiqo, who was a great king of the kingdom of Napata, and his tomb is the fourth pyramid in Nuri. In any case, ‘offering tables’ are common in our Kushite era, and sometimes they are used during the life of the dead and sometimes after their death.

The statue of Taharqa
King Aspelta

This is the young king "Aspelta", one of the kings of the twenty-fifth dynasty, and his statue is one of the statues of the early kings of the kingdom of Napata that were found broken in the caches of the temple.

The statue of Taharqa
The Funerary Shaft of Anlamani

This is the funerary shaft of my grandson, King "Anlamani", one of the kings of the kingdom of Napata, and one of the successors of the black pharaohs. Anlamani ruled Egypt and Sudan, "Upper and Lower Egypt" as they were called, and therefore you see on the funerary shaft here writings that are in fact funerary forms, that were written in hieroglyphics.

The statue of Taharqa
Ushabti

These small statues that you see in front of you, are the statues of “Ushabti” or "Ouchebtiou", and the name came from the hieroglyphic verb "wshbti" which means "to respond".