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Sources as early as the Pyramid Texts, in the Fifth Dynasty indicate that Isis was connected with the region of Sebennytos, and she and her cult may have originated there. [4] However, major temples were not dedicated to her until the Thirtieth Dynasty, when her temples at Philae and at Behbeit El Hagar began construction. [6]
Other information comes from Plutarch (c. 46 –120 CE), whose book On Isis and Osiris interprets the Egyptian deities based on his Middle Platonist philosophy, [155] and from several works of Greek and Latin literature that refer to Isis's worship, especially a novel by Apuleius (c. 125 –180 CE) known as Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass ...
Taharqa, pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore of the Kingdom of Kush, began agitating peoples within the Neo-Assyrian Empire in an attempt to gain a foothold in the region. [2] As a result, in 701 BCE, Hezekiah , the king of Judah , Lule, the king of Sidon , Sidka, the king of Ashkelon , and the king of Ekron formed an alliance ...
[3] [4] [9] [11] [12] The fifth and last story tells about the heroine Rededjet (also often read as Ruddedet) and her difficult birth of three sons. The sun god Ra orders his companions Isis, Meskhenet, Hekhet, Nephthys, and Khnum to help Rededjet, to ensure the birth of the triplets and the beginning of a new dynasty.
Dynasty XIII [g] Itjtawy: 1803 BC 1649 BC 154 years Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep: Unknown Second Intermediate Period; Dynasty XIV: Avaris: 1725 BC 1650 BC 75 years Yakbim Sekhaenre [h] Unknown Dynasty XV (Hyksos) Avaris: 1650 BC 1550 BC 100 years Salitis: Khamudi Abydos dynasty [i] Abydos: 1650 BC 1600 BC 50 years Unknown: Unknown Dynasty XVI ...
Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo, Akkadian: Tar-qu-ú, Hebrew: תִּרְהָקָה, romanized: Tīrhāqā, Manetho's Tarakos, Strabo's Tearco), was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom of Kush (present day Sudan) from 690 to 664 BC.
Herodotus also relates the desecration of Ahmose II/Amasis' mummy when the Persian king Cambyses conquered Egypt and thus ended the 26th (Saite) Dynasty: [N]o sooner did [... Cambyses] enter the palace of Amasis that he gave orders for his [Amasis's] body to be taken from the tomb where it lay.
Ptahhotep was the city administrator and vizier (first minister) during the reign of King Djedkare Isesi in the Fifth Dynasty. He had a son named Akhethetep, who was also a vizier. He and his descendants were buried at Saqqara. Ptahhotep's tomb is located in a mastaba in North Saqqara (Mastaba D62).