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The Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Curriculum
Joanna Lumley's journey to the source of the Nile takes her to Sudan where she explores the tomb of Kushite Queen Qalhata.
Piankhy or Piye, founder of the 25th Dynasty, had three sons and six daughters (Dodson, 2004), of which one was called QALHATA. She married Pharaoh Shabaka, successor to Piankhy on the throne of Egypt. Of their union were born several children of which Shabataka, who was the successor of Shabaka, as well as Tanutamen, who followed Shabataka and Taharqa on the thrones of Nubia and Egypt.
All the Nubian kings were buried in the necropolis of el-Kurru, situated 13 kilometres from the sacred mountain of the Gebel Barkal, with the exception of Taharqa, who was buried under a pyramid in the cemetery at Nuri near Napata.
Video: Kushite Tomb of Queen Qalhata (3:27)
The Gods of the Egyptian pantheon are depicted in the front and back of the image of Queen Qalhata's mummy.
Unit 1: Ancient Africa (200,000 B.C.E. – 476 A.C.E.)
Image of Queen Qalhata in life inside her tomb at el-Kurru.
Class 13: Ancient Egypt: The 25th Nubian Dynasty & Late Period (760 B.C.E. – 343 B.C.E.)
