The 25th dynasty was a line of black pharaohs who originated in the Kingdom of Kush, located in present-day northern Sudan and Upper Egypt.

The 25th dynasty was a line of black pharaohs who originated in the Kingdom of Kush, located in present-day northern Sudan and Upper Egypt.

The 25th dynasty was a line of black pharaohs who originated in the Kingdom of Kush, located in present-day northern Sudan and Upper Egypt.

Most of this dynasty’s kings saw Napata as their spiritual homeland. They reigned in part or all of Ancient Egypt for nearly a century, from 744 to 656 BC.

There the Nubian king Piye became the first of a succession of five “black pharaohs” who ruled Egypt for six decades with the blessing of the Egyptian priesthood.