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The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (also written Dynasty XXVI or Dynasty 26) was the last native dynasty to rule Egypt
Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
 before the Persian conquest in 525 BC (although others followed). The Dynasty's reign (c. 685-525 BC) is also called the Saite Period after the city of Sais
Sais, Egypt

Sais or Sa el-Hagar was an ancient Egyptian town in the Western Nile Delta on the Canopus, Egypt branch of the Nile. It was the provincial capital of the fifth nome of Lower Egypt and became the seat of power during the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt and the Saite Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt during the Late Period of Ancient Egypt....
, where its pharaohs had their capital, and marks the beginning of the Late Period of ancient Egypt
Late Period of Ancient Egypt

The Late Period of Egypt refers to the last flowering of native Egyptian rulers after the Third Intermediate Period from the 26th Saite Dynasty into Persian Empire History of Egypt under Achaemenid Persian domination and ended with the death of Alexander the Great....
.

This dynasty traced its origins to Dynasty XXIV
Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period....
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The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (also written Dynasty XXVI or Dynasty 26) was the last native dynasty to rule Egypt
Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
 before the Persian conquest in 525 BC (although others followed). The Dynasty's reign (c. 685-525 BC) is also called the Saite Period after the city of Sais
Sais, Egypt

Sais or Sa el-Hagar was an ancient Egyptian town in the Western Nile Delta on the Canopus, Egypt branch of the Nile. It was the provincial capital of the fifth nome of Lower Egypt and became the seat of power during the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt and the Saite Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt during the Late Period of Ancient Egypt....
, where its pharaohs had their capital, and marks the beginning of the Late Period of ancient Egypt
Late Period of Ancient Egypt

The Late Period of Egypt refers to the last flowering of native Egyptian rulers after the Third Intermediate Period from the 26th Saite Dynasty into Persian Empire History of Egypt under Achaemenid Persian domination and ended with the death of Alexander the Great....
.

This dynasty traced its origins to Dynasty XXIV
Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period....
. Psamtik I was the great-grandson of Bakenrenef, and following the Assyria
Assyria

Assyria was a political state centered on the Upper Tigris river, in Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times in history....
ns invasions during the reigns of Taharqa
Taharqa

Taharqa was a pharaoh of History of ancient Egypt and a member of the Nubian or Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt. His reign can be dated from 690 BC to 664 BC....
 and Tantamani
Tantamani

Tantamani or Tanwetamani or Tementhes was king of History of Ancient Egypt , and a member of the Nubian or Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt....
, he was recognized as sole king over all of Egypt. While the Assyrian Empire was preoccupied with revolts and civil war over control of the throne, Psammetichus threw off his ties to the Assyrians, and formed alliances with Gyges
Gyges

Gyges can be:* A figure from Greek mythology, one of the Hecatonchires* King Gyges of Lydia...
, king of Lydia
Lydia

Lydia was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern Turkey provinces of Manisa Province and inland Izmir Province....
, and recruited mercenaries from Caria
Caria

Caria was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionians and Dorians Greeks colonized the west of it and joined the Carian population in forming Greek-dominated states there....
 and Greece to resist Assyrian attacks.

With the sack of Nineveh
Nineveh

Nineveh , an "exceeding great city", as it is called in the Book of Jonah, lay on the eastern bank of the Tigris in ancient Assyria, across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, Iraq....
 in 612 BC and the fall of the Assyrian Empire, both Psamtik and his successors attempted to reassert Egyptian power in the Near East, but were driven back by the Babylonia
Babylonia

Babylonia was a state in Lower Mesopotamia , Babylon as its franklin. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad....
ns under Nebuchadrezzar II
Nebuchadrezzar II

Nebuchadnezzar II, also called King Nebuchadnezzar The Second , was a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty, who reigned c. 605 BC-562 BC....
. With the help of Greek mercenaries, Apries
Apries

Apries is the name by which Herodotus and Diodorus designate Wahibre Haibre, ??af??? , a pharaoh of Egypt , the fourth king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt....
 was able to hold back Babylonian attempts to conquer Egypt, but it was the Persians who conquered Egypt, and their king Cambyses II carried Psamtik III to Susa
Susa

Susa was an ancient city of the Elamite, Persian Empire and Parthian empires of Iran, located about 250 km east of the Tigris River.The modern town of Shush, Iran is located at the site of ancient Susa....
 in chains.

Dynasty XXVI
Name Dates Comments
Tefnakht II
Tefnakht II

Tefnakht II may have been a native Saite king who ruled Sais during the 25th Nubian Dynasty of Ancient Egypt or merely a local mayor of Sais who was erroneously assigned a kingship by the later kings of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt....
  Founder of dynasty in Manetho
Manetho

Manetho was an Egyptian historian and priest from Sebennytos who lived during the Ptolemaic dynasty, ca. 3rd century BC. Manetho wrote the Aegyptiaca ....
, but existence debated.
Nekauba
Nekauba

Almost nothing is known of Nekauba or Nechepsos as he is also called except that he is listed as one of the early kings of the 26th Saite Dynasty in Manetho's Epitome and is assigned a reign of six years....
678 - 672 BC 
Necho I
Necho I

Necho I was the Prince of Sa?s or Governor of the Egyptian city of Sais, Egypt. He was the first attested local Saite king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt who reigned for 8 years, according to Manetho's Epitome....
672 - 664 BC Manetho gives his reign as 8 years
Psamtik I (Wahibre)664 - 610 BC Manetho gives his reign as 54 years
Necho II
Necho II

Necho II was a king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt , and the son of Psammetichus I by his Great Royal Wife Mehtenweskhet. His prenomen or royal name Wahemibre means "Carrying out the Wish of Ra Forever." Necho played a significant role in the histories of the Assyrian Empire, Babylonia and the Kingdom of Judah....
 (Wehemibre)		610 - 595 BC 
Psamtik II (Neferibre)595 - 589 BC 
Apries
Apries

Apries is the name by which Herodotus and Diodorus designate Wahibre Haibre, ??af??? , a pharaoh of Egypt , the fourth king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt....
 (Haaibre)		589 - 570 BC Manetho gives his reign as 19 years
Amasis II
Amasis II

Amasis II was a pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt, the successor of Apries at Sais, Egypt. He was the last great ruler of Ancient Egypt before the Persian Empire conquest....
 (Khnemibre)		570 - 526 BC 
Psamtik III (Ankhkaenre)526 - 525 BC 


Sextus Julius Africanus
Sextus Julius Africanus

Sextus Julius Africanus, was a Christian traveller and historian of the early 3rd century AD. He was possibly born in Libya, though he calls himself a native of Jerusalem, which some scholars take as his hometown....
 states in his often accurate version of Manetho
Manetho

Manetho was an Egyptian historian and priest from Sebennytos who lived during the Ptolemaic dynasty, ca. 3rd century BC. Manetho wrote the Aegyptiaca ....
's Epitome that the dynasty numbered 9 pharaohs, beginning with a "Stephinates" (Tefnakht II
Tefnakht II

Tefnakht II may have been a native Saite king who ruled Sais during the 25th Nubian Dynasty of Ancient Egypt or merely a local mayor of Sais who was erroneously assigned a kingship by the later kings of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt....
) and ending with Psamtik III. Africanus also notes that Psamtik I and Necho I
Necho I

Necho I was the Prince of Sa?s or Governor of the Egyptian city of Sais, Egypt. He was the first attested local Saite king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt who reigned for 8 years, according to Manetho's Epitome....
 ruled for 54 and 8 years respectively.

See also

  • Twenty-sixth Dynasty Timeline
    Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt Timeline

    The Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt of Ancient Egypt ruled from around 685 BCE to 525 BCE.See also*Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt...
  • Twenty-sixth Dynasty Family Tree
    Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt Family Tree

    The family tree of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt is just as complex and unclear as earlier dynasties. It ends with the death of Apries, who was replaced by Amasis II, originally a general, and not of the royal house at all....
  • History of Ancient Egypt
    History of Ancient Egypt

    The History of ancient Egypt spans the period from the early Predynastic Egypt settlements of the northern Nile Valley to the History of Roman Egypt in 30 BC....