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The Kings of the 19th and 26th Dynasties compared: Under periodic development!
Various Sources
 Monument Names
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Ramses I............2yrs
 Menpehti-Ra
 Ramses I Many sources
Seti I................11yrs
 Menmaat-Ra I
 Seti I For information on regnal lengths click Here.
Ramses II........67yrs
 User-maat-Ra I
 Ramses II Many sources
Merenptah......10yrs
 Baen-Ra I
 Apries Pharaoh Merenptah, son of Ramses II, did not become king until later in life. Merenptah's 10 year reign is documented by 3 inscriptions: 1) some 80 lines at the temple of Karnak; 2) a large stele with 35 lines from Arthribis; 3) the Victory Stela from Merenptah's mortuary temple at Thebes. But these sources fail to document the coreign with his father. Like Ramses II/Necho (II) himself Merenptah/Apries too had functions under the long ruling fathers which account for the differences in regnal years between Egyptian and Greek sources.
Amenmesses....3yrs
Interestingly enough Eusebius gives him 26, Josephus 19 yrs [Josephus, `Against Apion', Bk. I, Sec. 15], and Africanus 5 yrs indicating considerable uncertainty. But the years of Josephus and Eusebius may indicate that there was some reason that he reigned longer than given credit for today. 		Menma-Ra
 Amasis How can we account for Amenmesses given conventionally only 3 years and Amasis, whom he is supposed to represent, 43 years in the revision? Information on Pharaoh Amasis, successor of Pharaoh Merenptah of the 19th Dynasty is scarce. His years are not well documented. More work needs to be done to accumalate evidence about him.
"Seti II's name has been written over the name of Amenmesses in several Theban locations. It should also be noted that Amenmesses usurped a number of preexisting monuments himself, and though we now believe that tomb KV 10 in the Valley of the Kings was originally begun by this king, it is mostly incomplete, and much of its decorations have been destroyed. There were three mummies found within the tomb including those of two women and a man. They have never been identified. However, fragments of canopic jars and part of a red granite sarcophagus lid, usurped itself from someone named Anketemheb, both inscribed with the name of Takhat, probably indicate that at least she was buried here, so one of the mummies may be hers. Little else has been found (and at least reported at this time). Much of what was found within the tomb was actually intrusive, including fragmentary shabti figures from Seti I, sarcophagus fragments of Ramesses VI and a few other items.
Little other building work exists (or has been found or recognized?). Inscriptions bearing his name are mostly only found in Upper Egyptian sites, primarily in the Theban region and in Nubia. These include inscriptions at Karnak, a dedication inscription at the small temple at Medinet Habu, an inscriptions at a chapel at Deir el-Medine and a stela found at Buhen. Perhaps as many as six quartzite statues originally placed along the axis of the hypostyle hall in the Amun Temple at Karnak are thought to be his, though these were also usurped (in the name of Seti II). However, one of these statues thought to belong to Amenmesses has an inscription bearing the title, "the Great Royal Wife". Takhat, lending support to the argument that she actually was his wife. Amenmesses was also, among others, responsible for restoration work on a barque shrine dating from Tuthmosis III that stands before a small temple at Tod." [http://www.crystalinks.com/dynasty19a.html]; italics ours
Seti II..............6yrs
 Userkheperu-Ra
 Psamtek III Many sources
Total years: 99 years - From: 1293 to 1193 (1185) = 100 (108) years -- Depending how one uses the yrs of Amenmesse, the total may vary to 118/125 yrs.
The Kings of the 26th Dynasty according to the following documents:
Various Sources
 Monument Names
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Necho I................2yrs
But ca. 8 yrs if his prior yrs as one of the 12 are added. 		Ramesses I Ramses I Necho I is often ignored but is attested in Assyrian documents. See Here. This `Niku'/Necho lives in history as Ramses I of the 19th, and Necho I of the 26th Dynasties. He was installed by Assurbanipal in ca. -654, a score of years after Haremhab's final expulsion. Manetho's version by Africanus and Eusebius give him 8 years the most part of which would belong to the time before being crowned by Assurbanipal.
Psamtek I.............54yrs
Psammetichos I
In revised view Psamtek I was Psamshek, plenipotentiary under the Persian Arsames, and worked in Egypt. He takes the place where Seti I/Seti the Great ought to be and Psamtek I ought to be assigned to the 5th century before our era. -
His (Psammetichus/Seti's) son Nekau/Necho/Ramses II in revised view could include his training yrs in his total. 		Uahab-Ra III
Wahibre 		Psamtek I What is the evidence for three Psamteks? - Psamtek I: An expert in Egyptian art and history, W.S.Smith, has written about him: "Strange portraits of two kings, Psamtik I and Nectanebo I (Nekhtnebef<), are to be found in royal reliefs, and these seem to indicate that the taste for individual characteristics had not disappeared in the time between early Dynasty XXVI and the Ptolemaic Period. They appear on basalt slabs, 4 feet in height, which seem to have formed a balustrade for a single monument. It is not easy to visualize the original appearance of this monument or to explain how a large part of it came to be left uninscribed for over 200 years until Nectanebo took up the work again. The same scheme of decoration is carried out on the two sets of slabs which are carved on both sides. On one side, closely spaced kneeling figures of the king make offering to various deities, with a hawk frieze above. On the other side of the slab a single figure of the king is set against a black background, and there is a ureaus cornice."
Nekau...................15yrs
Necho 610-595 BC
He ought to be Necho II because the predecessor of Psammetichos I was Necho I who is frequently ignored in documents.
 Convention assigns 15 yrs, revised from 509-569 BC, 40 yrs sole rule. 		Uhemab-Ra
Wahemibre 		Nekau A faience ushabti exists bearing the name of Wahemibre claimed to be Pharaoh Necho. In addition there exists a small bronze kneeling statue claimed to represent Necho. We could not yet verify if this statue has a cartouche engraved.
In reality this Necho/Wahemibre was not a seated king but Necho of the Hebrew and Greek sources was Pharaoh Ramses II the Great. The 15 regnal years given Necho by Herodotus are in error the reason for which have been lost to history.
Psamtek II............[6yrs]
595-589 BC
Psammetichus II 		Neferab-Ra II
Neferibre 		Psamtek II In revised view Psamtek II is not recognized as a primary ruler. His years belong during the reign of Nekau/Ramses II.
Apries...............19yrs
conv. 589-570 BC
Revised Hophra/Apries/Merenptah [coreign 577-]sole569-558 BC 		Haaab-Ra I
Haaibre Wahibre
Uaphris by Africanus & Eusebius 		Apries The sources for this name seem to be solely derived from Hebrew and Greek authors. We could find no example on Egyptian monuments. A black granit head exists described as that of Apries which does not seem to bear a cartouche for confirmation.
Amasis.............ca. 42/43yrs
Amosis by Africanus & Eusebius
revised [cor. 568] sole 559-526 BC 		Khnemab-Ra
or Khnemibre Ahmose si Neit 		Amasis He claimed also most of the 10 years of Hophra/Apries for himself. His sole reign was more like 33 yrs.
Psamtek III........6months
Psammetichus III
525 BC 		Ankhkaen-Ra II
 Psamtek III He ought to be Psamtek II/Seti II, successor of Amasis.
Total years: 133 years - From 664 to 525 BC = 139 years
Influential Rulers of 26th Dynasty Times according to the following documents:
Various Sources
 Monument Names
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Website information Gad Khensu Eyuf Discovered in the town of Bawiti at Bahriya oasis, 400km south-west of Cairo, in the Western Desert. One surprise awaited the archaeologists in Eyuf's tomb. "We found large quantities of hematite (a valuable iron ore)," said Hawass. "When I entered the tomb, I felt the hematite prickle my chest like thorns. Perhaps Eyuf put the yellow powder to protect his tomb from unwelcome visitors."
Hawass said archaeologists had searched in vain for almost a century over the exact location of the burial place of Eyuf, the mayor of Bahriyah in the 26th dynasty in the reign of Pharaoh Apris (covential date: 598-570 BC) who built a temple called Apris (or was it called Wahibre?) in the oasis.
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