The 25th Dynasty originated in Nubia, in what is today Sudan, and ruled over ancient Egypt between 744 and 656 BC.

This civilization grew in power just as Egypt’s Middle Kingdom was in decline around 1785 B.C. By 1500 B.C., the Nubian empire roughly stretched from Wadi Halfa south to Meroë. Centered on its ...

A series of martially inclined pharaohs in the Eighteenth Dynasty created an empire that included much of the Levant (Syria-Palestine) and Nubia. Thutmose III (ruled c, 1479-1425) managed to ...