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The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXVI, alternatively 26th Dynasty or Dynasty 26) was the last native dynasty of ancient Egypt before the Persian conquest in 525 BC (although other brief periods of rule by Egyptians followed).
The family tree of the 26th Dynasty is just as complex and unclear as earlier dynasties. This dynasty possibly traced its origins to the Saite 24th Dynasty, and scholars now start the dynasty with the reign of Psamtik I, sometimes referrings to the previous rulers – Ammeris to Necho I – as "proto-Saites".
The Late Period of ancient Egypt refers to the last flowering of native Egyptian rulers after the Third Intermediate Period in the 26th Saite Dynasty founded by Psamtik I, but includes the time of Achaemenid Persian rule over Egypt after the conquest by Cambyses II in 525 BC as well.
The first 30 divisions come from the 3rd century BC Egyptian priest Manetho, whose Aegyptaiaca, was probably written for a Greek-speaking Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt but survives only in fragments and summaries. The names of the last two, the short-lived Persian-ruled 31st Dynasty and the longer-lasting Ptolemaic Dynasty, are later coinings.
Also known as Nekau I. Governor of the Egyptian city of Sais. He was the first attested local Saite king of the 26th dynasty of Egypt (reigned c. 672 BC–c. 664 BC). He was killed by an invading Kushite force under Tantamani. Necho II: Pharaoh: 26th dynasty: fl. c. late-7th century BC: Also known as Nekau II (reigned c. 610 BC–c. 595 BC).
Menkheperre Necho I (Egyptian: Nekau, [1] Greek: Νεχώς Α' or Νεχώ Α', Akkadian: Nikuu [6] or Nikû [7]) (? – 664 BCE near Memphis) was a ruler of the ancient Egyptian city of Sais. He was the first securely attested local Saite king of the 26th Dynasty of Egypt who reigned for 8 years (672–664 BCE) according to Manetho's Aegyptiaca.
26th dynasty Psamtik III ( Ancient Egyptian : ꜥnḫ-kꜣ-n-Rꜥ Psmṯk , pronounced Psamāṯək [ 1 ] ), known by the Graeco-Romans as Psammetichus or Psammeticus ( Ancient Greek : Ψαμμήτιχος ), or Psammenitus ( Ancient Greek : Ψαμμήνιτος ), was the last Pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt from 526 BC to 525 BC.
Mentuemhat or Montuemhat (c. 700 BCE – c. 650 BCE) was a rich and powerful Theban official from ancient Egypt who lived during the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt. He was the Fourth Priest of Amun in Thebes. He is known from many statues and was buried in tomb TT34 of the Theban Necropolis.