People - Ancient Egypt
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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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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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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PAMI
(USERMARE-SETEPENRE PIMAY)(PEMAY)
783-773 B.C.
22ND DYNASTY
Pami was the eighth king of the Twenty-second Dynasty. He reigned for approximately six years
following the fifty-two year reign of Shoshenq III. Pemay is translated to "The Cat"....
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Usermaatre Setepenre Pami was an Egyptian Pharaoh who ruled Egypt for 7 years. He was a member of the Twenty-second dynasty of
Egypt of Meshwesh Libyans who had been living in the country since the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt when their ancestors
infiltrated into the Egyptian Delta from Libya. Their descendants began to rule Egypt from the mid-940...
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SHOSHENQ IV
(AKHEPERRE-SETEPENRE)
773-735 B.C.
22ND DYNASTY
Shoshenq IV was the ninth king of the Twenty-second Dynasty. The Serapeum stela of Pasenhor is dated as the thirty-seventh year of
Shoshenq IV. This shows that he reigned at least this long. In the year 732, toward the end of his reign, an Assyrian, Tiglath-
pileser III took Damascus an...
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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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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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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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Pedubastis I or Pedubast I (c. 829 BC–804 BC) was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Pedubast is recorded as being of Libyan
ancestry and ruled Egypt for 25 years according to Manetho. He first became king at Thebes in Year 8 of Shoshenq III and
his highest dated Year is his 23rd Year according to Nile Level Text No. 29. This year is equivalent to Year ...
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