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Ramesses VIII in Wikipedia

Usermare Akhenamun Ramesses VIII (also written Ramses and Rameses) or Ramesses Sethherkhepshef Meryamun ('Set is his Strength, beloved of Amun')[1] (at 1130-1129 BC, or simply 1130 BC as Krauss and Warburton date his reign[2]), was the seventh Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt and was one of the last surviving s...

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Smendes in Wikipedia

Hedjkheperre Setepenre Smendes was the founder of the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt and succeeded to the throne after burying Ramesses XI in Lower Egypt – territory which he controlled. His Egyptian nomen or birth name was actually Nesbanebdjed[4] meaning "He of the Ram, Lord of Mendes"[5] but it was translated into Greek as Smendes by later clas...

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Siamun in Tour Egypt

SIAMUN (AMUNEMOPE)(AMENOPHTHIS)(USERMARE-SETEPENAMUN) 978-959 B.C. 21ST DYNASTY Siamun is listed as the sixth king of the Twenty-first Dynasty. Very little is known about his reign except that he is the one who sealed up the great Der el-Bahri cache. He is believed to have reigned for seventeen years....

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Ramesses V (Usermaatresekheperenre) in Tour Egypt

RAMESSES V (USERMAATRESEKHEPERENRE) 1147-1143 B.C. 20TH DYNASTY Ramesses V is thought to have reigned no more than four years. He was the son of Ramesses IV and Queen Ta-Opet. The mummy was found in the tomb of Amenophis II and is now located in the Cairo Museum. The mummy shows that he died of smallpox at about the age of 35. His tomb was unfi...

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Amenemnisu in Tour Egypt

AMENEMNISU (NEPHERCHERES)(NEFERKAREHIKWAST) 1040 B.C. 21ST DYNASTY Amenemnisu was the second ruler of the Twenty-first Dynasty. He is though to have ruled for 4 years possibly as the co-regent with Psusennes I....

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Pinedjem I in Wikipedia

Pinedjem I was the High Priest of Amun at Thebes in Ancient Egypt from 1070 BC to 1032 BC and the de facto ruler of the south of the country from 1054 BC. He was the son of the High Priest Piankh. However, many Egyptologists today believe that the succession in the Amun priesthood actually ran from Piankh to Herihor to Pinedjem I.[1][2] According...

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Ramesses IX (Neferkaresetepenre) in Tour Egypt

RAMESSES IX (NEFERKARESETEPENRE) 1126-1108 B.C. 20TH DYNASTY Ramesses IX was the eighth king of the Twentieth Dynasty. He is thought to have reigned for about seventeen or more years. During his reign, there was a scandal in which the tombs in the Theban necropolis were being robbed which was recorded in the Abbott Papyrus. There were also camp...

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Masaherta in Wikipedia

Masaharta or Masaherta was the High Priest of Amun at Thebes between 1054 BC and 1045 BC. His father was Pinedjem I, who was the Theban High Priest of Amun and de facto ruler of Upper Egypt from 1070 BC, then declared himself pharaoh in 1054 BC and Masaharta succeeded him as high priest. His mother was probably Duathathor-Henuttawy, the daughter ...

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Siamun in Wikipedia

Neterkheperre or Netjerkheperre-setepenamun Siamun was the sixth pharaoh of Egypt during the Twenty- first dynasty. He built extensively in Lower Egypt for a king of the Third Intermediate Period and is regarded as one of the most powerful rulers of this Dynasty after Psusennes I. Siamun's prenomen, Netjerkheperre-Setepenamun, means "Like a God i...

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Ramesses V in Wikipedia

Usermare Sekhepenre Ramesses V (also written Ramses and Rameses) was the fourth pharaoh of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt and was the son of Ramesses IV and Queen Duatentopet. Reign His reign was characterized by the continued growth of the power of the priesthood of Amun, which controlled much of the temple land in the country and state financ...

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