Shabaka

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Shabaka was a Kushite pharaoh of Egypt’s 25th Dynasty, known for reviving traditional Egyptian culture and religion during his reign in the 8th century BCE.

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Shabaka canonical 16

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kushite ruler
human
pharaoh
alternativeName Shabako
Shabaqo
associatedDeity Amun
associatedRegion Memphis
Thebes
associatedWith Memphite Theology (Shabaka Stone)
surface form: Memphite Theology
burialPlace El-Kurru
burialType pyramid tomb
capital Kingdom of Napata
surface form: Napata
centuryOfActivity 8th century BCE
conflictWith Assyria
culture Ancient Egyptian
Kushite
dynasty Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
era Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
ethnicOrigin Nubians
surface form: Nubian
father Kashta
governedFrom Napata and Memphis
knownFor promotion of archaism in art and inscriptions
revival of traditional Egyptian culture
revival of traditional Egyptian religion
languageOfInscriptions Egyptian hieroglyphs
legacy integration of Kushite and Egyptian royal traditions
monumentType stelae
temple inscriptions
name Shabaka self-link
notableArtifact Shabaka Stone
policy restoration of older religious texts
support of temple building and restoration
predecessor Piye
reignEnd circa 702 BCE
reignStart circa 716 BCE
religion Ancient Egyptian religion
royalHouse Kingdom of Kush
ruledTerritory Egypt
Nubia
sibling Amenirdis I
styleOfRule pharaonic kingship in Egyptian tradition
successor Shebitku
title King of Upper and Lower Egypt
Lord of the Two Lands
Son of Ra

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shabaka Stone associatedKing Shabaka
Shabaka name Shabaka self-link
Pharaoh Shabaka name Shabaka
subject surface form: Shabaka
Kingdom of Kush notableRuler Shabaka
Piye sibling Shabaka
Piye succeededBy Shabaka
Tantamani father Shabaka
Shebitku predecessor Shabaka
Shebitku relative Shabaka
Taharqa relative Shabaka