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Smendes III
- Term of office
- 884–874 BC
- Dynasty
- High Priests of Amun
- Period
- Third Intermediate Period, c. 1070–664 BC
- Capital at the time
- Tanis, Bubastis, Sais; Thebes under the High Priests; Napata in Kush
Smendes III belongs to the group ‘High Priests of Amun’. These dignitaries were not pharaohs, but at times held power equal to a king’s at Thebes. Term of office: 884–874 BC.
What is known about Smendes III
Son of Osorkon I.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
The period: Third Intermediate Period
The realm breaks up into several spheres of power: kings of Libyan descent in the Nile Delta, the High Priests of Amun in Thebes and finally the kings of Kush from what is now Sudan.
- c. 1070 BCDivision of the country: the kings reside at Tanis, while the High Priests of Amun rule in Thebes.
- c. 1000 BCRoyal tombs of Tanis with the silver coffin of Psusennes I, discovered almost untouched by Pierre Montet in 1939/40.
- c. 925 BCShoshenq I leads a campaign into Palestine and immortalises it on the Bubastite Portal at Karnak.
- c. 728 BCThe Kushite king Piye conquers the whole of Egypt and records it on his Victory Stele.
More about this period: Third Intermediate Period
High Priests of Amun: all rulers
- Iuput
- Shoshenq II
- Iuwelot
- Smendes III
- Harsiese I
- Nimlot (II)
- Takelot
- Osorkon (prince)
- Harsiese II
- Takelot
- Takelot III
- Haremakhet
- Harkhebi
- Ankhnesneferibre
- Nitocris II
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