Abstract
The 25th Dynasty kings played an important and influential role in ancient Egyptian history. This family, which ruled Egypt for about one hundred years, contributed many political and ideological innovations, most significantly by relying on communal family power that allowed two men to work with one another in a co-regency (in addition to a female family member, the God’s Wife of Amen). While Egyptology focuses on the single rule of masculine power during the 25th Dynasty, an examination of the Chapel of Osiris-Ptah Neb-ankh at Karnak clarifies that this ruling family broadcast their power as multifaceted and communally held, not just by one man, but two or more. There are no depictions of God’s Wives on the walls of the chapel of Osiris-Ptah Neb-ankh, built by Taharqa and completed by Tantamun. The reasons may be found in aspects of royal ideology, influenced by real political events and a new situation in Egypt; these scenes, and the location of the chapel, were meant to highlight the power of the kingship in the face of invasion
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