page_title: Taharqa
section_title: Ruling period
hierarchical_section_title: Taharqa / Ruling period
caption_attribution_description: English: El-Kurru King Taharqa XXV Dynasty Nubian Museum, Aswan
context_page_description: Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo, was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore of the Kingdom of Kush, from 690 to 664 BC. He was one of the "Black Pharaohs".
context_section_description: Taharqa's reign can be dated from 690 BC to 664 BC. Evidence for the dates of his reign is derived from the Serapeum stele, catalog number 192. This stela records that an Apis bull born and installed (fourth month of Season of the Emergence, day 9) in year 26 of Taharqa died in Year 20 of Psamtik I (4th month of Shomu, day 20), having lived 21 years. This would give Taharqa a reign of 26 years and a fraction, in 690–664 BC.
caption: Taharqa portrait, Nubian Museum.
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