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Nectanebo I in Wikipedia

Nectanabo (or more properly Nekhtnebef) was a pharaoh of the Thirtieth dynasty of Egypt. In 380 BC, Nectanebo deposed and killed Nefaarud II, starting the last dynasty of Egyptian kings. He seems to have spent much of his reign defending his kingdom from Persian reconquest with the occasional help of troops from Athens or Sparta. He is also known...

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Takelot in Tour Egypt

TAKELOT I (USERMARE-SETEPENAMUN) 909-? B.C. 22ND DYNASTY Takelot I was the third king of the Twenty-second Dynasty. He was the successor to Osorkon I, but is shown to have had a co- regent, Sheshonq II, for a brief period before his reign began....

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Osorkon IV in Wikipedia

Osorkon IV was a ruler of Lower Egypt who, while not always listed as a member of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt, he is attested as the ruler of Tanis--and thereby one of Shoshenq V's successors. Therefore he is sometimes listed as part of the dynasty, whether for convenience or in fact. His parentage is uncertain: he could be a son of Shoshe...

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Pinedjem II in Wikipedia

Pinedjem II was a High Priest of Amun at Thebes in Ancient Egypt from 990 BC to 969 BC and was the de facto ruler of the south of the country. He was married to his sister Isetemkheb D (both children of Menkheperre, the High Priest of Amun at Thebes, by Isetemkheb) and also to his niece Nesikhons, the daughter of his brother Smendes II.[1] He ...

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Takelot II in Wikipedia

Hedjkheperre Setepenre Takelot II Si-Ese was a pharaoh of the Twenty-Third Dynasty of Ancient Egypt in Middle and Upper Egypt (840 – 815 BC). He has been identified as the High Priest of Amun Takelot F, son of the High Priest of Amun Nimlot C at Thebes and, thus, the son of Nimlot C and grandson of king Osorkon II according to the latest academic...

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Shoshenq III in Tour Egypt

SHOSHENQ III (USERMARE-SETEPENRE) 835-783 B.C. 22ND DYNASTY Shoshenq III was the seventh king of the Twenty-second Dynasty. He is thought to have ruled for fifty-two years. During the twenty- eighth year of his reign, an Apis bull was born. This is recorded on the Serapeum stela by a priest named Pediese. His tomb was found at Tanis and was simi...

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Pedubaste I in Tour Egypt

PEDUBASTE I (USERMARE-SETEPENAMUN)(PETUBASTIS) 828-803 B.C. 23RD DYNASTY Pedubaste I was the first king of the Twenty-third Dynasty. He is mentioned several times in the inscriptions at Karnak. Pedubaste is thought to have been the son of the high priest of Amun, Harsiese....

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Piye in Wikipedia

Piye, (Arabic: بعنخي‎) (whose name was once transliterated as Piankhi the Nubian)[2] (d. 721 BC) was a Kushite king and founder of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt who ruled Egypt from the city of Napata, located deep in Nubia, Sudan. His predecessor as king of Kush, Kashta, almost certainly exercised a strong degree of influence over Thebes pri...

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Takelot I in Wikipedia

Hedjkheperre Setepenre Takelot I was a son of Osorkon I and Queen Tashedkhons who ruled Egypt for 13 Years according to Manetho. Takelot would marry Queen Kapes who bore him Osorkon II. Initially, Takelot was believed to be an ephemeral Dynasty 22 Pharaoh since no monuments at Tanis or Lower Egypt could be conclusively linked to his reign, or men...

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Shebaka in Tour Egypt

SHABAKA (SHABAQO, SHEBAKA), EGYPT'S SECOND NUBIAN RULER By Jimmy Dunn -- Piye (Piankhi), the great king of Nubia who became king of Egypt, was succeeded upon his death by Shabaka (Shabaqo, Shebaka) who became the second ruler of Egypt's 25th Dynasty. There is some controversy surrounding the dates for his accession to the throne. Most scholars b...

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