Alara of Nubia
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Alara of Nubia was an early Kushite king credited with founding the Napatan dynasty and laying the foundations for the later Nubian control of Egypt’s 25th Dynasty.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kushite king
ⓘ
ancient Nubian ruler ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Amun of Napata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jebel Barkal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | el-Kurru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialType | tumulus grave ⓘ |
| capital | Napata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Kush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creditedWith |
founding the Napatan dynasty
ⓘ
laying foundations for Nubian control of Egypt’s 25th Dynasty ⓘ |
| culture |
Kushite
ⓘ
Nubian ⓘ |
| dynastyFounded | Napatan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Nubian ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalRole | ancestor figure of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| historicity | partly reconstructed from later textual and archaeological evidence ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
genealogical references of 25th Dynasty kings
ⓘ
later Napatan royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| languageContext | Old Nubian and Egyptian cultural sphere ⓘ |
| legacy |
considered a founding hero in Nubian royal tradition
ⓘ
established royal line that later ruled Egypt as the 25th Dynasty ⓘ |
| notableFor | early consolidation of Kushite power at Napata ⓘ |
| partOf | Napatan period of Kush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRole | unifier of early Napatan Kush ⓘ |
| predecessor | early pre-Napatan Kushite rulers ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Nubia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Nubia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Kushite religion ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Napatan royal house NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Kashta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| timePeriodApproximate | 9th century BCE ⓘ |
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