Shoshenq I

Shoshenq I in Tour Egypt

SHESHONQ I, FOUNDER OF EGYPT'S 22ND DYNASTY BY JIMMY DUNN - For rather obvious reasons, the 22nd Dynasty is known as the Libyan or Bubastite dynasty. All the kings of this period are listed by Manetho as being from Bubastis, a city located in the eastern Nile Delta, and their Libyan origin is evident in the founder's name, Sheshonq I (Shoshenq I)...

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Sheshonk I in Wikipedia

Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq I (Egyptian ššnq), also known as Sheshonk or Sheshonq I (for discussion of the spelling, see Shoshenq), was a Meshwesh Berber king of Egypt-of Libyan ancestry[2]-and the founder of the Twenty- second Dynasty. Shoshenq I was the son of Nimlot A, Great Chief of the Ma, and his wife Tentshepeh A, a daughter of a Great...

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