Amanishakheto was a queen regnant of Kush who reigned in the early 1st century AD. [1] In Meroitic hieroglyphs her name is written "Amanikasheto" (Mniskhte or (Am)niskhete). In Meroitic cursive she is referred to as Amaniskheto qor kd(ke) which means Amanishakheto, Qore and Kandake ("Ruler and Queen"). [2]

Apr 6, 2017 · Queen Amanishakheto has been called the ‘Warrior Queen of Nubia’ by some scholars due to her defeating the Roman army after Emperor Augustus sent his troops to conquer Kush. She was known to be extremely wealthy and held a significant amount of power.

Feb 2, 2017 · Amanishakheto defeated a Roman Army sent by the first emperor of the Roman empire, Augustus, (who broke a peace treaty) to conquer Nubia. She was a strong, and powerful woman, and a great pyramid builder.

Jun 26, 2012 · Amanishakheto defeated a Roman Army sent by the first emperor of the Roman empire, Augustus, (who broke a peace treaty) to conquer Nubia. She was a strong, and powerful woman, and a great pyramid builder. Her tomb at Meroë was one of the largest ever built.

Attending "Amanishakheto, the show" awakens our inner strength, our sacred fire; when the curtain falls, say to yourself that everything is possible. History is written by men and women who simply believed in their ideals.

Mar 19, 2018 · Amanishakheto (r. c. 10 BCE–1 CE): Little is known of Amanishakheto outside of her lavish grave goods of ornate jewelry. Her tomb was among the many in Meroe broken into and destroyed by the notorious treasure hunter Giuseppe Ferlini (1797-1870 CE) who had no interest in history or preservation and was only seeking gold and artifacts he could ...

Aug 30, 2019 · Amanishakheto was a great queen of Nubia and is known as a great warrior and pyramid builder; she built numerous pyramids and temples at Meroë. She is also the daughter of Amanirenas, the fearless and one-eyed queen who defeated the Romans, and the mother of Amanitore, another great queen.

Amanishakheto is best known for a collection of jewellery stolen from her pyramid in 1834 by Italian treasure hunter Giuseppe Ferlini, who destroyed the pyramid in search of its burial goods.

Amanishakheto was kandake, or queen, of the kingdom of Kush in ancient Nubia. The name kandake was given to the king’s sister, as due to matrilineal succession she would bear the next heir and thus become queen mother. Details of her life survive largely through architecture. She likely ruled in the second half of the first century BCE.

Ruling queen Amanishakheto is one of the best-known women of the Meroitic Empire. She lived around the turn of the millennia, sometime after the Romano-Meroitic war (25-20/21 BC) and during the principate of Augustus. She is documented by stelae and her building program reaching from Qasr Ibrim in the north to Naga and Wad Ben Naga in the south.