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    Nectanebo II (Egyptian: Nḫt-Ḥr-Ḥbt; Greek: Νεκτανεβώς Nectanebos) was the last native ruler of ancient Egypt, as well as the third and last pharaoh of...
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    the right, with the Demotic writing "Teos... Pharaoh". Teos' successor Nectanebo II kept this practice, though coining his personal gold staters. Gold stater...
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    assigns identical names to him and his grandson, Nectanebo II, the two in fact had different names. Nectanebo was an army general from Sebennytos, son of an...
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  • Ancient Egypt's 30th dynasty shared the name Nectanebo: Nectanebo I (ruled 380 to 362 BC) Nectanebo II (ruled 360 to 343 BC) This disambiguation page...
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    0°7′37″W / 51.51944°N 0.12694°W / 51.51944; -0.12694 The Obelisks of Nectanebo II are a pair of monumental obelisks that were found in Cairo but were originally...
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    ancient Egypt. It was founded after the overthrow of Nepherites II in 380 BC by Nectanebo I, and was disestablished upon the invasion of Egypt by the Achaemenid...
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    defeated Nectanebo II, the Pharaoh of Egypt, bringing the country back into the Persian fold after six decades. In Artaxerxes' later years, Philip II of Macedon's...
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    (surviving) building in the compound today is the mammisi raised by Nectanebo II – last of the native pharaohs (360–343 BC). The features in the complex...
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    the chief of the eunuchs. Nectanebo II resisted with an army of 100,000 of whom 20,000 were Greek mercenaries. Nectanebo II occupied the Nile and its...
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    Ramesses II (/ˈræməsiːz, ˈræmsiːz, ˈræmziːz/; Ancient Egyptian: rꜥ-ms-sw, Rīꜥa-masē-sə, Ancient Egyptian pronunciation: [ɾiːʕamaˈseːsə]; c. 1303 BC – 1213...
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    and developments were made to temples and chapels inside the complex. Nectanebo II meanwhile, while continuing the work of his predecessor, began building...
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    brother Tjahapimu was plotting against him. Tjahapimu convinced his son Nectanebo II to rebel against Teos and to make himself pharaoh. The plan was successful...
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    is sometimes treated as a literary genre, instead of a single work. Nectanebo II, the last Pharaoh of Egypt, foresees that his kingdom will fall to the...
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    Alexander the Great Originally Interred in the Usurped Sarcophagus of Nectanebo II?" Kmt: A Modern Journal of Egyptology, Volume 31, Number 3, Fall 2020...
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    Amenhotep II (sometimes called Amenophis II and meaning "Amun is Satisfied") was the seventh pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. He inherited...
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  • lasting from 664 BC to 332 BC (the deposition of the final native pharaoh, Nectanebo II), apparently consisted of somewhat of a renewal of Egyptian culture,...
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    (525 BC) Torso of Nectanebo I (380–362 BC) Obelisks and sarcophagus of Pharaoh Nectanebo II (360–343 BC) Sarcophagus of Nectanebo II, Alexandria (360–343...
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    physician. Wennefer was sent by Nectanebo II in search of Teos and managed to have him held by the Persian king Artaxerxes II at Susa. Wennefer then had Teos...
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    Artaxerxes marched into Egypt, and engaged Nectanebo II. After a year of fighting the Egyptian Pharaoh, Nectanebo inflicted a crushing defeat on the Persians...
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  • king Nectanebo I and his regent Teos against Persia. In the summer of 358, he transferred his services to Teos's cousin and rival, Nectanebo II, who,...
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    Persian army was said to have outnumbered that of the Egyptian pharaoh Nectanebo II, the invasion started inauspiciously when Artaxerxes lost some troops...
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    depicting a sphinx reclining over the Nine Bows Statue pedestal of Nectanebo II, the Nine Bows carved on the lower half Fragment of the base of a basalt...
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    Cambyses II (Old Persian: 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹, romanized: Kaᵐbūjiya) was the second King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 530 to 522 BC. He was the son...
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    extension, was, however, only carried out in the 30th Dynasty [by Nectanebo I and Nectanebo II.] The eight papyrus columns of the pronaos still show the New...
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    17024) Obelisk of Ramesses II in the Museum's courtyard Königliche Museen Berlin, Ägyptische und Vorderasiatische Altertümer II (1897), pl.116 Ausführliches...
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    adopted the title of "Pharaoh". The last native pharaoh of Egypt was Nectanebo II, who was pharaoh before the Achaemenids conquered Egypt for a second...
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    "the one true God". In Egypt, Alexander was portrayed as the son of Nectanebo II, the last pharaoh before the Persian conquest. His defeat of Darius was...
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  • puts up resistance, but Pharaoh Nectanebo II is forced to retreat to Memphis. As the situation deteriorates, Nectanebo II leaves for exile in Nubia. His...
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    period, with the earliest known burial taking place in regnal year 14 of Nectanebo II (mid 4th century BC). However, four different bull cults dedicated to...
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    complex in northern Saqqara which was later further developed under Nectanebo II. His building activity is well attested in various places in Upper Egypt...
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