King of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. It has been suggested that his name means 'the Kushite' - 'the Nubian'. Kashta was king of Napata: in his reign for the first time the kingdom of Napata began to make its presence felt in Egypt, where the Napatan kings come to represent the Twenty-fifth in the sequence of dynasties.
| Horus name: Nebty name: Golden Falcon name: Prenomen: Nimaatre (or Maare?) Nomen: Kashta |
Burial place: el Kurru no. 8 (?)
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