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Third Intermediate Period · High Priests of the late 20th and the 21st Dynasty
Menkheperre
- Term of office
- 1045–992 BC
- Throne name
- Hem-netjer-tepi-en-Amun
- Dynasty
- High Priests of the late 20th and the 21st Dynasty
- Period
- Third Intermediate Period, c. 1070–664 BC
- Capital at the time
- Tanis, Bubastis, Sais; Thebes under the High Priests; Napata in Kush
Menkheperre belongs to the group ‘High Priests of the late 20th and the 21st Dynasty’. These dignitaries were not pharaohs, but at times held power equal to a king’s at Thebes. Term of office: 1045–992 BC. The throne name is Hem-netjer-tepi-en-Amun.
What is known about Menkheperre
Son of Pinedjem I.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
During this reign
- c. 1000 BCRoyal tombs of Tanis with the silver coffin of Psusennes I, discovered almost untouched by Pierre Montet in 1939/40.
Other events of the period
- c. 1070 BCDivision of the country: the kings reside at Tanis, while the High Priests of Amun rule in Thebes.
- c. 925 BCShoshenq I leads a campaign into Palestine and immortalises it on the Bubastite Portal at Karnak.
More about this period: Third Intermediate Period
High Priests of the late 20th and the 21st Dynasty: all rulers
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