Kaharna

Kaharna
Tamenokalt
Reign	5th century BCE

Kaharna, alternatively known as Kahr Anan, was a 5th century BCE Amazigh queen who is believed to have ruled an ancient confederation of the Amazigh peoples stretching across large areas of central and northern Scipia and the Periclean coast. Kaharna is sometimes referred to as the Great Mother or Mother of us all and is revered by many extant groups of Amazigh decent, particularly those adherent to the Kaharnist tradition of Charnea and the Zahra desert. These Kaharnists deify the figure of Queen Kaharna as their spiritual matron and divine forbearer, while other groups instead revere her as one legendary ancestor among others.

Queen of the Amazigh

Tomb

For most of recorded history, it was believed that Kaharna had been cremated and scattered into the Zahra desert, a belief reinforced by many of the oral histories of Kaharnist traditions of northern Charnea. While this type of burial was typically something reserved for lower status individuals or criminals in Tamashek society, it was believed that Kaharna had wished to be so treated so that her spirit would join with the sands of the desert and become one with the lands of her people. This version was challenged when in 1923 what is widely believed to be the genuine tomb of the historical Queen Kaharna was found in the Thumer Hills in northwestern Charnea, less than 200 kilometers from the border with the Messidor Union. Numerous objects were found in the ziggurat-like structure uncovered at the Thumer site, in addition to inscriptions and secondary burials all of which support the theory that the skeletal remains discovered in the main burial chamber may indeed belong the legendary Queen of the ancient Amazigh peoples who has since become a divine figure to many of her descendants.