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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Twenty-fifth Dynasty</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Kushite</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Third Intermediate period</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>XXVth Dynasty</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>25th Dynasty</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Dynasty, Twenty-fifth</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Kushite Dynasty</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Nubian Dynasty</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the period in Egypt from about 750 to 656 BCE during which Kushite rulers held power. The period is characterized by a return to monumentality, a high quality of craftsmanship, and archaizing tendencies especially in sculpture. ]]></note></mads>