NAPATA

Napata: translation

First capital of the later kingdom of Kush in Nubia. The site is 30 kilometers south of the Second Cataract and appears to have been initially occupied during the New Kingdom. Following the Egyptian withdrawal, a Nubian kingdom centered on Napata developed and under Kashta and Piye, and finally Shabaqo conquered Egypt as Dynasty 25 or the Napatan Dynasty. The area includes the royal cemeteries at el-Kurru and Nuri and the holy mountain of Gebel Barkal with its temple to Amun. The capital of the kingdom was eventually transferred to the site of Meroe.