The Kingdom of Kush: The African Pharaohs Who Conquered Egypt

Podcast: Lost and Hidden History · Forbidden Knowledge Network

Opublikowano: 2026-08-18

For centuries, ancient Egypt expanded south into Nubia, seeking gold, trade routes, and military control. Then the political balance changed. From a kingdom centered near Napata in what is now northern Sudan, Kushite rulers moved north into a divided Egypt. Their king Piye recorded his campaign on a monumental stone inscription at Gebel Barkal. His successors became Egypt’s Twenty-Fifth Dynasty, ruling as pharaohs while maintaining royal roots in Kush. This episode follows the evidence left by Piye, Kashta, Taharqa, and Tanutamun: temple inscriptions, royal monuments, pyramids at El-Kurru and Nuri, Assyrian victory texts, an...