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There's King Pianky.

There's King Pianky.

There's King Pianky.

Sometimes known as Piye, P-I-Y-E or Pianky. And he was in the early 700s BCE. And he, because the ancient Egyptians and ancient Sudanese worshipped the same deities.

Sometimes known as Piye, P-I-Y-E or Pianky. And he was in the early 700s BCE. And he, because the ancient Egyptians and ancient Sudanese worshipped the same deities.

Sometimes known as Piye, P-I-Y-E or Pianky. And he was in the early 700s BCE. And he, because the ancient Egyptians and ancient Sudanese worshipped the same deities.

And so they were aware that the Libyans, who didn't really respect ancient Egyptian religion for the most part, and they saw that, you know, the center of Karnak, Thebes, the religious heart Thebes of ancient Egypt, was kind of going to rack and ruin and that the Libyan pharaohs were not really maintaining the great traditions of ancient Egypt.

And so they were aware that the Libyans, who didn't really respect ancient Egyptian religion for the most part, and they saw that, you know, the center of Karnak, Thebes, the religious heart Thebes of ancient Egypt, was kind of going to rack and ruin and that the Libyan pharaohs were not really maintaining the great traditions of ancient Egypt.

And so they were aware that the Libyans, who didn't really respect ancient Egyptian religion for the most part, and they saw that, you know, the center of Karnak, Thebes, the religious heart Thebes of ancient Egypt, was kind of going to rack and ruin and that the Libyan pharaohs were not really maintaining the great traditions of ancient Egypt.

And so Pianki, you know, really considered this, you know, an absolutely awful thing that had happened. And he was a real kind of very brave king. He had gone in with his father Kashta,

And so Pianki, you know, really considered this, you know, an absolutely awful thing that had happened. And he was a real kind of very brave king. He had gone in with his father Kashta,

And so Pianki, you know, really considered this, you know, an absolutely awful thing that had happened. And he was a real kind of very brave king. He had gone in with his father Kashta,

um earlier it was king hashto who first of all went in a foray into ancient egypt but it was pianki who carried his father's um deed a little bit further pianki sort of strikes you as a little bit of a kind of um he was a bit pious but not a megalomaniac but he had a great sense of himself you know we know a lot about him because of the pianki stealer which um records you know how he um

um earlier it was king hashto who first of all went in a foray into ancient egypt but it was pianki who carried his father's um deed a little bit further pianki sort of strikes you as a little bit of a kind of um he was a bit pious but not a megalomaniac but he had a great sense of himself you know we know a lot about him because of the pianki stealer which um records you know how he um

um earlier it was king hashto who first of all went in a foray into ancient egypt but it was pianki who carried his father's um deed a little bit further pianki sort of strikes you as a little bit of a kind of um he was a bit pious but not a megalomaniac but he had a great sense of himself you know we know a lot about him because of the pianki stealer which um records you know how he um

you know, there's a touch of the megalomaniac, a bit of the old pattern. You know, he would say, you know, let the chiefs of the Northlands taste the taste of my fingers. And he went into Egypt and his men, you know, would go into the temple and wash themselves and pray and so on on their bellies. And then they'd go in and fight very skilled archers. They had a particular way

you know, there's a touch of the megalomaniac, a bit of the old pattern. You know, he would say, you know, let the chiefs of the Northlands taste the taste of my fingers. And he went into Egypt and his men, you know, would go into the temple and wash themselves and pray and so on on their bellies. And then they'd go in and fight very skilled archers. They had a particular way

you know, there's a touch of the megalomaniac, a bit of the old pattern. You know, he would say, you know, let the chiefs of the Northlands taste the taste of my fingers. And he went into Egypt and his men, you know, would go into the temple and wash themselves and pray and so on on their bellies. And then they'd go in and fight very skilled archers. They had a particular way

It was called the Mongolian release of actually firing their bow and arrow with their thumb rather than the Mediterranean release, which was with the index finger. And Pianky made sure that he really finished off the princes, the Egyptian princes of the delta, because there were various sort of princes in local areas who,

It was called the Mongolian release of actually firing their bow and arrow with their thumb rather than the Mediterranean release, which was with the index finger. And Pianky made sure that he really finished off the princes, the Egyptian princes of the delta, because there were various sort of princes in local areas who,