People - Ancient Egypt
Khepermare Ramesses X (also written Ramses and Rameses) (ruled c. 1111 BC – 1107 BC)[1] was the ninth ruler of the 20th
dynasty of Ancient Egypt. His birth name was Amonhirkhepeshef. It is uncertain if his reign was 3 or 4 Years, but there is
now a strong consensus among Egyptologists that it did not last as long as 9 Years, as was previously ass...
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RAMESSES XI, THE LAST NEW KINGDOM PHARAOH
by Jimmy Dunn --
Ramesses may be translated as " Re has Fashioned Him", and Ramesses XI's Epithet was Khaemwaset Mereramun
Netjerheqaiunu, which means, "Appearing in Thebes, Beloved of Amun, God, Ruler of Heliopolis". His throne
name, Menmaatre Setepenptah translates as "The Justice of Re Remains, Chosen...
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Ramesses XI (also written Ramses and Rameses) reigned from 1107 BC to 1078 BC or 1077 BC and was the tenth and final king of the
Twentieth dynasty of Egypt. He ruled Egypt for at least 29 years although some Egyptologists think he could have ruled for as long
as 30 years. The latter figure would be up to 2 years beyond this king's highest known d...
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SMENDES, THE FIRST KING OF THE 21ST DYNASTY AND THE THIRD
INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
by Jimmy Dunn --
The founders of Egyptian Dynasties frequently worked to
establish their legitimacy to the throne, and yet, in later
years were just as frequently
honored by their successors as great men. Fables came to
surround these men, but at the same time, it i...
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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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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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Neferkare Amenemnisu' was a pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty of ancient Egypt.
Amenemnisu's existence was only confirmed in 1940 when the tomb of his successor Psusennes I was discovered by Pierre Montet.
Previously, his existence had been doubted as no objects naming him had been discovered. However, the memory of his short rule as
the second pharaoh...
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PINEDJEM I IN THE THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
BY JIMMY DUNN -
We see at the beginning of the 21st Dynasty and what Egyptology refers to as the beginning of the Third Intermediate
Period, two individuals officially rising to power almost simultaneously in about 1070 BC. They were Smendes in the
north at Tanis and Pinedjem in the south at Thebes. By...
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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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Menkheperre, son of Pharaoh Pinedjem I by wife Henuttawy
(daughter of Ramesses XI by wife Tentamon), was the High
Priest of Amun at Thebes in Ancient Egypt from 1045 BC to
992 BC and de facto ruler of the south of the country.[1]
Menkheperre's eldest full brother Masaharta followed their
father as High Priest. He was followed by another brother...
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