Sack of Thebes by Assyrian Emperor Ashurbanipal
663 BCE
Ashurbanipal invades Egypt, sacks the sacred city of Amun, ending the XXVth Kushite Dynasty.
Sources and References
Prisme de Rassam / Annales d'Assourbanipal (British Museum, BM 91026)
Consulter l'archive officielle ↗Bible (Livre de Nahum, 3:8-10)
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Ancient Egypt clusterFrom pharaonic unifications to Cleopatra: pyramids, empires, cults and conquests.
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668 BCE
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701 BCE
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612 BCE
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