Event Egyptian Invasion of Nubia

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Sometime in the 330s BCE the Egyptian ruler of Sais, Khababash, led an invasion into the kingdom of Kush.

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  • February 336 BC: Sometime in the 330s BC, an Egyptian ruler called Kambasuten - who is widely recognized as Khabash - led an invasion into the kingdom of Kush which was defeated by king Nastasen as recorded in a stela now in the Berlin museum. An Apis bull sarcophagus bearing his name was found at Saqqara and dated to his regnal Year 2.
  • January 336 BC: Sometime in the 330s BC, an Egyptian ruler called Kambasuten - who is widely recognized as Khabash - led an invasion into the kingdom of Kush which was defeated by king Nastasen as recorded in a stela now in the Berlin museum. An Apis bull sarcophagus bearing his name was found at Saqqara and dated to his regnal Year 2.