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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Ramesses IX in Wikipedia

Ramesses IX (also written Ramses) (originally named 'Amon-her-khepshef Khaemwaset' (1129 – 1111 BC)[1] was the eighth king of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt. He was the third longest serving king of this Dynasty after Ramesses III and Ramesses XI. He is now believed to have assumed the throne on I Akhet day 21 based on evidence presented by Jürge...

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Amenemnisu in Wikipedia

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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