Shanakdakhete

Shanakdakheto († between 170 BC and 125 BC) was a Nubian queen of the Kushite kingdom in what is today northern Sudan, which reigned around 170-150 BC.

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She is busy with her name on two doorposts of the temple probably built by her 500 in Naqa. You can pyramid Beg N11 are assigned because there a prince appears, which is also called in Naqa in the context of the queen of the pyramids of Meroe. Shanakdakheto can be dated because of the position of their pyramid at the end of the 2nd century BC. She is the first Nubian Queen, are obtained from the monuments.

Your name on the door jamb in Naqa is written in Meroitic script, while the rest of the inscription is still running in Egyptian hieroglyphics. This is the oldest reliable evidence of the Meroitic script.

A statue of Meroe (now in Cairo ) shows her coronation. The assignment of the statue is not completely secure.

The National Geographic Society placed Shanakdakheto among the 50 most important political leaders of all time.

Pyramid N11 left

Statue of a Nubian queen; well Shanakdakheto depicting the coronation