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Kawa, Sudan

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Coordinates:19°07′N30°29.48′E / 19.117°N 30.49133°E /19.117; 30.49133

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Archaeological site in Sudan

Kawa

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Location of Kawa

Granite ram ofAmun with KingTaharqa.Twenty-Fifth Dynasty, from Kawa. On display at theBritish Museum.

Kawa, known asPatigga orPatinga during Greek and Roman times, is a town and archaeological site inSudan, located between the Third and FourthCataracts of the Nile on the east bank of the river, across fromDongola. In ancient times it was the site of several temples to theEgyptian godAmun, built by the Egyptian rulersAmenhotep III andTutankhamun, and byTaharqa and otherKushite kings.^[1]

Westerners became aware of the site in the late 19th century.^[2] Small digs were carried out in 1929 and 1930 and an extensive excavation began 22 November 1930.^[2]

Shrine of Taharqa

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A temple ofAmun-Re commissioned byTaharqa once existed at Kawa.^[3]^[4] A small shrine from within that temple, known as theShrine of Taharqa, is in theAshmolean Museum.^[5]^[4]

The Shrine of Taharqa,Ashmolean Museum
Shrine and Sphinx of Taharqa. Taharqa appears between the legs of the Ram-Sphinx
The Ram-Sphinx and Taharqa
Relief of Taharqa on the shrine
Sandstone wall of KingAspelta offeringMa'at (Truth) to ram-headed godAmun-Re accompanied byAnukis, Temple T at KawaAshmolean Museum I9J2.I295.^[6]

References

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^Wilkinson, Richard H. (2000).The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. pp. 11, 232
^^a ^bKirwan, L. P. (1936). "Preliminary Report of the Oxford University Excavations at Kawa, 1935-1936".The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology.22 (2):200–211.doi:10.2307/3854627.JSTOR 3854627.
^Macadam , M. F. Laming (1955).The Temples of Kawa II. History and Archaeology of the Site . Oxford University Press . p. 61 .{{cite book}}:no-break space character in|first= at position 13 (help);no-break space character in|last= at position 8 (help);no-break space character in|page= at position 3 (help);no-break space character in|publisher= at position 24 (help);no-break space character in|title= at position 60 (help)
^^a ^bArmstrong, Caroline H (2015). "The Two Non-Blue Amuns of the Shrine of Taharqa at Kawa".The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology.101 (1). SAGE Publications:177–195.doi:10.1177/030751331510100109.ISSN 0307-5133.
^"Taharqa Shrine".Ashmolean Museum.
^Museum notice