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TAHARKA

Taharka or Tirhakah was a king of Ethiopia. He was born around 722 BC and died in around 663 BC. As viceroy of Egypt he rendered some support to Hezekiah during the siege of Jerusalem in 701 by Sennacherib, and succeeded Shabataka as sole king around 691 BC. In 1918 a life-size statue of Taharka was discovered at Gebel Barkal.
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