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Tantamani

r. c. 664–656 BCE · 7th century BCE · Also known as Tanutamun

Tantamani was the last king of the Kushite 25th Dynasty to rule Egypt. Succeeding Taharqa in 664 BCE, he briefly reconquered Memphis, but the Assyrian army of Ashurbanipal drove him south and sacked Thebes in 663 BCE. He continued to rule from Napata and was buried at El-Kurru.

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