. The sacred beetle: a popular treatise on Egyptian scarabs in art and history. seten byt, TAHARQA. From Masperos Passing of theEmpires—S. P. king of Upper and Lower Egypt, p^-*»OI ta- ^J\ HARQA. I got this fine scarab at Medinet Habu, on which templethere is a record that Taharqa had restored part of it. Taharqa is mentioned in the Bible (II Kings,xix, 10) as the ally of Hezekiahagainst Sennacherib. He is there calledTirhakah the /Ethiopian, and there isno doubt but his race came from thesouth, conquered the Egyptians, and em-braced their religion and language. Histemple ruins exist, at
. The sacred beetle: a popular treatise on Egyptian scarabs in art and history. seten byt, TAHARQA. From Masperos Passing of theEmpires—S. P. king of Upper and Lower Egypt, p^-*»OI ta- ^J\ HARQA. I got this fine scarab at Medinet Habu, on which templethere is a record that Taharqa had restored part of it. Taharqa is mentioned in the Bible (II Kings,xix, 10) as the ally of Hezekiahagainst Sennacherib. He is there calledTirhakah the /Ethiopian, and there isno doubt but his race came from thesouth, conquered the Egyptians, and em-braced their religion and language. Histemple ruins exist, at Gebel Barkal 287 and 128 are uncertain scarabs of thisperiod. O. TAHARQA. From Maspero^sPassing of the Empires.— 129.
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