People - Ancient Egypt
SHOSHENQ II
(HEQAKHEPERRE-SETEPENRE)
?-883 B.C.
22ND DYNASTY
Shoshenq II is thought to have been the co-regent during the
period between Osorkon I and Takelot I during the Twenty-
second Dynasty. His mummy was found at Tanis in the tomb of
Psusennes I....
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Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq I (Egyptian ššnq), also known as Sheshonk or Sheshonq I (for discussion of the
spelling, see Shoshenq), was a Meshwesh Berber king of Egypt-of Libyan ancestry[2]-and the founder of the Twenty-
second Dynasty. Shoshenq I was the son of Nimlot A, Great Chief of the Ma, and his wife Tentshepeh A, a daughter of
a Great...
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King Usermaatre Setepenre or Usimare Setepenamun Shoshenq III ruled Egypt's 22nd Dynasty for 39 years according to
contemporary historical records. Two Apis Bulls were buried in the fourth and 28th years of his reign and he celebrated his
Heb Sed Jubilee in his regnal year 30. Little is known of the precise basis for his successful claim to the t...
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Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon II was a pharaoh[1] of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and the son
of Takelot I and Queen Kapes. He ruled Egypt around 872 BC to 837 BC from Tanis, the capital of this
Dynasty. After succeeding his father, he was faced with the competing rule of his cousin, king Harsiese A,
who controlled both Thebes and...
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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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TANWETAMANI (TANTAMANI), THE LAST NUBIAN KING OF EGYPT AND THE LOOTING OF THE TEMPLE OF AMUN AT THEBES
by Jimmy Dunn --
Tanwetamani (Assyrian Tandamane or Tantamani, Greek Tementhes, also known as Tanutamun) was Egypt's last ruler of the 25th Dynasty as
well as the last Nubain (Kushite) Ruler, ruling from about 664 to 657 BC. We are told his thro...
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Shebitku (or Shabatka) was the third king of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt who ruled from (707/706 BC-690 BC) according to Dan'el Kahn's
most recent academic research.[3] He was the nephew and successor of Shabaka. He was a son of Piye, the founder of this dynasty. Shebitku's
prenomen or throne name, Djedkare, means "Enduring is the Soul of R...
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SHEBITKU (SHABATAKA)
698-690 B.C.
25TH DYNASTY
Shebitku was the second king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. He was the nephew and successor of Shebaka. During
Shebaka's reign, there was a policy of conciliation and cooperation with the Assyrians. This kept the Assyrians from
coming further into Egypt. Shebitku had a different policy; resistance. A...
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Shabaka (Shabataka) or Shabaka Neferkare, 'Beautiful is the Soul of Re', was a Kushite pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt,
between (721 BC; 707/706 BC).
Family -
Shabaka is thought to be the son of King Kashta and Pebatjma, although a text from the time of Taharqa could be interpreted to mean
that Shabaka was a brother of Taharqa and ...
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