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Taharqa in Tour Egypt

TAHARQA 690-664 B.C. 25TH DYNASTY Taharqa was the brother of Shebitku and was the third king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. Shebitku died and Taharqa was crowned. Taharqa is responsible for building done both in Nubia as well as Egypt. He built the colonnade in the first court of the temple of Amun at Karnak. There is one column that stands twe...

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Osorkon I in Tour Egypt

OSORKON (SEKHEMKHEPERRE-SETEPENRE) 924-909 B.C. 22ND DYNASTY Osorkon I is in the second king of the Twenty-second Dynasty. Between the reigns of Osorkon I and Takelot I, a Shoshenq II is often shown as a co-regent for a brief period of time....

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Takelot II in Tour Egypt

TAKELOT II (HEDJKHEPERRE-SETEPENRE) 860-835 B.C. 22ND DYNASTY Takelot II was the sixth king of the Twenty-second Dynasty. He was the father to the high priest of Amun, Osorkon. This Osorkon was responsible for the longest inscription on the Bubastite Gate. According to his inscription, during the fifteenth year of Takelot's reign, there was war...

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Shoshenq IV in Wikipedia

Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq IV ruled Egypt's 22nd Dynasty between the reigns of Shoshenq III and Pami. This Pharaoh's existence was first argued by David Rohl[citation needed] but the British Egyptologist Aidan Dodson settled the issue in a seminal GM 137(1993) article.[1] Dodson's arguments here for the existence of a new Tanite king called ...

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Osorkon IV in Tour Egypt

OSORKON IV (AKHEPERRE-SETEPENAMUN) 735-712 B.C. 22ND DYNASTY Osorkon IV was the tenth and final ruler of the Twenty-second Dynasty. During his reign, Hoshea, the king of Israel, sent messengers to Osorkon in Egypt. He was requesting help against Shalmaneser V. No help was sent. Samaria was captured and the Israelites were taken away to Assyria....

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Bakenranef in Wikipedia

Bakenranef, known by the ancient Greeks as Bocchoris,[1] was briefly a king of the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt. Based at Sais in the western Delta, he ruled Lower Egypt from c. 725 to 720 BC. Though the Ptolemaic period Egyptian historian Manetho[2] considers him the sole member of the Twenty-fourth dynasty, modern scholars include his father ...

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Takelot II in Wikipedia

Takelot II was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Twenty-third Dynasty. He ruled from 845 BC to 825 BC and was a son of Osorkon II. His reign was marked by political and social stability, and he successfully consolidated his power over Egypt. During his rule, Takelot II focused on restoring and building temples throughout Egypt. He also establishe...

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Taharqa in Wikipedia

Taharqa was a pharaoh of Egypt and the Kingdom of Kush and a member of the Nubian or Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt. His reign can be dated from 690 BC to 664 BC.[3] He was the son of Piye, the Nubian king of Napata who had first conquered Egypt; Taharqa was also the younger brother and successor of Shebitku.[4] Evidence for the dates of his reign...

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Osorkon I in Wikipedia

The son of Shoshenq I and his chief consort, Karomat A, Osorkon I was the second king of Egypt's 22nd Dynasty and ruled around 922 BC-887 BC. He succeeded his father Shoshenq I who probably died within a year of his successful 923 BC campaign against the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Osorkon I's reign is known for many temple building projects a...

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Piye in Tour Egypt

PIYE AND THE 25TH DYNASTY BY JIMMY DUNN Most references point to Piye as being the first ruler of the 25th Dynasty. Obviously, different references refer to him under different names. We believe he ruled Kush (Nubia) from about 750 to 719 BC. Piankhi was his birth name. But in various references, we see his birth name referred to as Piankhy, Pi...

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