...The kingdom of Kush rose to power and dominated Nubia in the eighth century BC, and then went on to conquer and rule Egypt as the 25^th Dynasty. Egyptian-Kushite commercial activity in the Levant brought them into conflict with the Assyrian empire, the dominant force in the near east...

...The chapter deals with the question of the visibility of Nubians in Egypt during the 25th Dynasty as non-Egyptians. Despite of a high degree of “Egyptianization,” Kushites of both royal and non-royal status are often recognizable by non-Egyptian names and foreign elements in their personal...