Sphinx of Taharqo
c. 680 BC · Resource
A granite sphinx bearing the face of the Kushite pharaoh Taharqo, from Kawa in Nubia. It fuses Egyptian royal form with Nubian symbols during the 25th Dynasty rule over Egypt.
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Around 680 BCE
- Homer's Iliad and Odyssey (750 BCE)
- Founding of Rome (traditional) (753 BCE)
- Cyrus the Great (600 BCE)
- Babylonian Captivity of the Jews (597 BCE)
- Destruction of Solomon's Temple (587 BCE)
- Neo-Babylonian Empire (626 BCE)
- The destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple (586 BCE)
- Spring and Autumn period (771 BCE)
- Solon's reforms at Athens (594 BCE)
- The Babylonian Exile (586 BCE)