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Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt > Psammetichus III Psammetichus IIIPsammetichus III (also spelled Psammeticus or Psamtik) was the last Pharaoh of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty of Egypt from 526 BC - 525 BC. Most of what we know about his reign and life was documented by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century. He ruled no longer than six months before he was defeated by King Cambyses II of Persia at Pelusium, carried to Susa in chains, and executed. Psammetichus III was the son of the pharaoh Amasis II and one of his wives, Queen Takheta. He succeeded his father as pharaoh in 526 BC, when Amasis died after a long and prosperous reign of some 44 years. According to Herodotus, he had a son named Amasis and a wife and daughter, both unnamed in historical documents. |
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