Piye - Not "Black" History

Anyone who has seen a 'before and after' photo of Michael Jackson could raise the question of the builders of the Sphinx.
Where did Mike's nose go?

What happened to the nose of the Sphinx?

Apparently, there was a time when Egyptians forgot how to be Egyptian.

Their country and culture had been diluted with the influx of Asian and European influences to the point of it losing touch with it's glorious past.
It took the once subjugated Kushite king Piye to right the wrongs brought about by this hybrid culture.

Piye handily dismissed the Libyan warlords and restored order to the once great state.

But eventually the glory of Kush would wain as shifting trade routes and constant incursions by their Aksumite neighbors would take their toll on the Nubian rulers of Egypt.