Karnak, Kawa, Jebel Barkal, and elsewhere.

Assyrian invasion and end of the Twenty-fifth dynasty

Pharaoh Taharqa's reign and that of his eventual successor, his cousin Tantamani, were filled with constant conflict with the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Around 670 BC, emperor Esarhaddon (681-669 BC) conquered Lower Egypt, but allowed local kingdoms

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