kawa, sudan, kawa, town, archaeological, site, sudan, located, between, third, fourth, cataracts, nile, east, bank, river, across, from, dongola, ancient, times, site, several, temples, egyptian, amun, built, egyptian, rulers, amenhotep, tutankhamun, taharqa, . Kawa is a town and archaeological site in Sudan located between the Third and Fourth Cataracts of the Nile on the east bank of the river across from Dongola In ancient times it was the site of several temples to the Egyptian god Amun built by the Egyptian rulers Amenhotep III and Tutankhamun and by Taharqa and other Kushite kings 1 Kawaclass notpageimage Location of Kawa Granite ram of Amun with King Taharqa Twenty Fifth Dynasty from Kawa On display at the British Museum Shrine of Taharqa editA small temple of Taharqa was once located at Kawa in Nubia modern Sudan It is located today in the Ashmolean Museum 2 nbsp The Shrine of Taharqa Ashmolean Museum nbsp Shrine and Sphinx of Taharqa Taharqa appears between the legs of the Ram Spinx nbsp The Ram Spinx and Taharqa nbsp Relief of Taharqa on the shrine nbsp Sandstone wall of King Aspelta offering Ma at Truth to ram headed god Amun Re accompanied by Anukis Temple T at Kawa Ashmolean Museum I9J2 I295 3 See also editAnlamaniReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kawa Wilkinson Richard H 2000 The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt Thames amp Hudson pp 11 232 Taharqa Shrine Ashmolean Museum Museum notice 19 07 N 30 29 48 E 19 117 N 30 49133 E 19 117 30 49133 nbsp This Sudan location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kawa Sudan amp oldid 1215345571, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
