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Kashta
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Gender | Male |
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Place of burial | El-Kurru |
Spouse | Pebatjma |
Parents | Alara of Nubia |
Children | Piye |
Shabaka | |
Amenirdis I | |
Peksater | |
Khensa | |
Shebitku | |
Siblings | Alara of Kush |
Current partner | Pebatjma |
Grandchildren | Taharqa |
Tantamani | |
Shebitku | |
Haremakhet | |
Qalhata | |
Shepenupet II | |
Takahatenamun | |
Naparaye | |
Arty | |
Tabekenamun | |
Died | 745 BC |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1318533 |
Kashta Life story
Kashta was an 8th century BCE king of the Kushite Dynasty in ancient Nubia and the successor of Alara. His nomen k3š-t3 "of the land of Kush" is often translated directly as "The Kushite". He was succeeded by Piye, who would go on to conquer ancient Egypt and establish the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty there.