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Late Period: texts, inscriptions, and institutions

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Stelae of Darius I at the Suez canal

The Stelae of Darius I at the Suez canal are at least four granite stelae erected along the Nile–Red Sea canal under Darius I around 515–495 BC.

Tell el-Maskhuta bowls

The Tell el-Maskhuta bowls, also called the Tell el-Maskhuta Aramaic bowls, are four silver libation bowls from the 5th century BCE, dedicated to the goddess Hanilat.

Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt

The Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt (Dynasty 30), also called the Sebennytian Dynasty, was the last dynasty of native Egyptian pharaohs, reigning from about 380 to 343 BC.

Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt

The Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt, or Second Persian Period, was the renewed Achaemenid Persian rule over Egypt, 343 to 332 BC, under Artaxerxes III, Arses, and Darius III.

Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt, also called Dynasty 28, was a native Egyptian dynasty of the single pharaoh Amyrtaeus, who reigned about 404 to 398 BC.

Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt, also called the Mendesian dynasty, was a native Egyptian royal house ruling from Mendes from about 398 to 380 BC.

Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt, or First Persian Period, was Achaemenid Persian rule over Egypt, begun by Cambyses II's conquest in 525 BCE and ended by secession around 404 BCE.

Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, or Saite dynasty, was a native Egyptian dynasty ruling from Sais from 664 to 525 BC, ending with the Persian conquest under Cambyses.

Usermontu (mummy)

Usermontu is the name given to an ancient Egyptian mummy at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, famous for a metal pin found in its left knee.