Jebel Barkal Pyramid Bar.2 (King Amaninatakilebte)
Napatan, c.538–519 BCE·Kushite Napatan·🇸🇩 Northern State, Jebel Barkal North Cemetery, Sudan
Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia · CC BY 2.0
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About Jebel Barkal Pyramid Bar.2 (King Amaninatakilebte)
Pyramid Bar.2 at Jebel Barkal north cemetery for King Amaninatakilebte (c.538–519 BCE, Napatan 27th Dynasty contemporaneous with Persian Egypt). 11 m base, steep sandstone pyramid with well-preserved east chapel with incised relief of Isis and king. Reisner-Dunham excavated 1916, burial intact with gold pectoral.
Why it mattersNapatan barkal sequence linking Nuri to Meröe.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Barkal vs Nuri royal cemetery choice
Theories
- 01Jebel Barkal as Kushite Karnak — pyramid at holy mountain
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.530 BCE
- Period
- Napatan, c.538–519 BCE
- Culture
- Kushite Napatan
- Builders
- Kushite
- Purpose
- Royal tomb — Amaninatakilebte
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.530 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c.500 CE
Major refurbishment / enlargement phase
c.1100 CE
Abandonment or conversion
1890–1930
Modern rediscovery and first scientific survey
On the ground
Structures & features
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