Editing Taharqa (section)

== Monuments of Taharqa ==
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[[File:Apis Psammetichus1 20 Taharqa Mariette.jpg|thumb|Stele commemorating the death of an [[Apis bull]] enthroned in "Year 26 of Taharqa". Found in the [[Serapeum of Saqqara]], [[Saqqara]]. [[Louvre Museum]].]]
[[File:Stele Taharqa Tanis Petrie.jpg|thumb|upright|Stele of the Great Temple of [[Tanis]], written in the "Year 6 of Taharqa"<ref>{{cite journal |title=L'An 6 de Taharqa |url=http://www.enim-egyptologie.fr/revue/2019/13/Perdriaud_ENiM12_p281-298.swf.pdf |journal= |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=17 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617071143/http://www.enim-egyptologie.fr/revue/2019/13/Perdriaud_ENiM12_p281-298.swf.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
Taharqa has left monuments throughout Egypt and Nubia. In [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], Thebes, and Napata he rebuilt or restored the [[Memphis, Egypt#Temple of Amun|Temple of Amon]].<ref>Cf. [[#DM|D. Meeks, ''Hommage à Serge Sauneron I'', 1979]], ''Une fondation Memphite de Taharqa (Stèle du Caire JE 36861)'', {{p.|221-259}}.</ref>

=== Taharqa in Karnak ===
Taharqa is known for various monuments in [[Karnak]].

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File:Karnak R03.jpg|Taharqa column
File:Karnak Tempel Vorhof 25.JPG|Kiosk of Taharqa in Karnak
File:Chapelle Taharka Chepenoupet.jpg|Chapel of Taharqa and [[Shepenupet II|Shepenwepet]] in Karnak
File:Taharqa's kiosk. Karnak Temple.jpg|Taharqa's kiosk. Karnak Temple
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=== Shrine of Taharqa in Kawa ===

A small temple of Taharqa was once located at [[Kawa (Sudan)|Kawa]] in [[Nubia]] (modern [[Sudan]]). It is located today in the [[Ashmolean Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Taharqa Shrine |url=https://www.ashmolean.org/file/618081 |website=Ashmolean Museum |access-date=15 June 2020 |archive-date=6 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506141848/https://www.ashmolean.org/file/618081 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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File:Shrine of the 25th dynasty pharaoh and Kushite King Taharqa Egypt 7th century BCE.jpg|The [[Shrine of Taharqa]], [[Ashmolean Museum]]
File:Shrine & Sphinx of Taharqa.jpg|Shrine and Sphinx of Taharqa. Taharqa appears between the legs of the Ram-Spinx
File:Ram-Sphinx of Amun-Ra.jpg|The Ram-Spinx and Taharqa
File:Taharqa relief.jpg|Relief of Taharqa on the shrine
File:Taharqa cartouche.jpg|Taharqa [[cartouche]] on the Shrine
File:Pharaoh Taharqa and the gods of Thebes. Standing on the left, he offers "a white loaf" to his father Amun-Re, who is accompanied by Mut, Khonsu and Montu, Kawa Temple.jpg|King Taharqa and the gods of Thebes. Standing on the left, he offers "a white loaf" to his father [[Amun-Re]], who is accompanied by [[Mut]], [[Khonsu]] and [[Montu]], Kawa shrine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyhuan/38092871806/in/photostream/ |title=Museum notice |date=3 November 2017 |access-date=25 June 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125093958/https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyhuan/38092871806/in/photostream/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
File:Taharqa and the gods of Gematen (the Temple of Kawa). He makes an offering to the ram-headed god Amun-Re. Kawa shrine.jpg|Taharqa and the gods of Gematen (the Temple of Kawa). He makes an offering to the ram-headed god [[Amun-Re]]. Kawa shrine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyhuan/37438427644/in/photostream/ |title=Museum notice |date=3 November 2017 |access-date=25 June 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125094001/https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyhuan/37438427644/in/photostream/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
File:Closeup of Taharqa embracing Horus on the Shrine of the 25th dynasty pharaoh and Kushite King Taharqa Egypt 7th century BCE.jpg|Taharqa (left) embracing [[Horus]] ([[Re-Horakhty]]) on the Kawa shrine<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyhuan/24296033428 |title=Museum notice |date=3 November 2017 |access-date=25 June 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125093959/https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyhuan/24296033428 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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=== Taharqa in Jebel Barkal ===
Taharqa is depicted in various reliefs in [[Jebel Barkal]], particularly in the [[Temple of Mut, Jebel Barkal|Temple of Mut]].

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File:Interior, Temple of Mut (B 300), Jebel Barkal, Sudan, North-east Africa.jpg|Taharqa in the Temple of Mut
File:Amun in Barkal.jpg|Taharqa before the god Amun in Gebel Barkal (Sudan), in [[Temple of Mut, Jebel Barkal]]
File:Abar.jpg|Taharqa followed by his mother Queen Abar. Gebel Barkal – room C
File:Taharqa-queen.jpg|Taharqa with Queen Takahatamun at Gebel Barkal
File:JebelBarkalMutTemple3.jpg|Lion-headed God Appademak with Pharaoh Taharqa (right) in the [[Jebel Barkal]] [[Temple of Mut, Jebel Barkal|Temple of Mut]]
File:JebelBarkalMutTemple2.jpg|Taharqa, followed by the sistrum shaking queen [[Takahatenamun]] in the [[Jebel Barkal]] [[Temple of Mut, Jebel Barkal|Temple of Mut]]
File:Taharqa in the Temple of Mut, Jebel Barkal, Sudan.jpg|Taharqa making dedications to Egyptian Gods, in the Temple of Mut, [[Jebel Barkal]], Sudan. His name appears in the second [[cartouche]]: <big><big><big><big>'''𓇿𓉔𓃭𓈎'''</big></big></big></big> (''tꜣ-h-rw-k'', "Taharqa").
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