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Pawura
Pawura, also known as Pauru, was an Egyptian archer-commander serving in Canaan in the mid-fourteenth century BC, known through the Amarna letters, the cuneiform diplomatic archive found at Tell el-ʿAmarna.
Pay (Deir el-Medina workman)
Pay was a draughtsman of Amun in the Place of Truth at Deir el-Medina in Thebes, active in the early years of Ramesses II, who founded a family dynasty of draughtsmen.
Payeftjauemawyneith
Payeftjauemawyneith was a high steward and elite official of Late Saite Egypt, serving under King Apries of Dynasty 26 and known from four statues, including British Museum EA 83.
Pebekkamen
Pebekkamen was Chief of the Chamber in the court of Ramesses III, first-named in the Judicial Papyrus of Turin among the harem conspirators of about 1155 BCE.
Pedon
Pedon, son of Amphinnes, was a man in the service of a Saite pharaoh of Egypt's 26th Dynasty, known from a basalt block statue he dedicated at Priene.
Pedubast I
Pedubast I, whose Manethonian form is Petubastis, was a king of ancient Egypt's Twenty-third Dynasty who ruled from Thebes in parallel with Shoshenq III of Tanis.
Pedubast II
Pedubast II is a poorly attested king of ancient Egypt's Third Intermediate Period, thought to have ruled part of the Nile Delta in the 8th century BC.
Peftjauawybast
Peftjauawybast, also Peftjaubast, was a king at Herakleopolis in Middle Egypt during the late Third Intermediate Period, c. 728 BC, known from Piye's Victory Stela as one of four kings who submitted to the Kushite king.
Peftuaneith
Peftuaneith, also rendered Payeftjauemawyneith, was a high-ranking Egyptian civil official of the late 26th Dynasty, reaching the peak of his career under King Apries in the sixth century BC.
Pehenuikai
Pehenuikai, also written Pehenuka, was an ancient Egyptian official who served as Chief Justice and Vizier in the late Fifth Dynasty, known from his mastaba tomb at Saqqara.
Pekrur
Pekrur, also written Pakruru, was an ancient Egyptian chieftain with the Libyan title Great Chief of the Ma, known from a block inscription found at Per-Sopdu, modern Saft el-Hinna in the eastern Nile Delta.
Penniut
Penniut, also written Pennut, was a Twentieth Dynasty official, Deputy of Wawat in Lower Nubia under Ramesses VI, known from his decorated rock-cut tomb, moved to New Amada in 1964.
Penre
Penre was an early 18th Dynasty Egyptian official under Hatshepsut, titled king's son and overseer of the southern foreign lands, attested at Thebes and Dukki Gel in Nubia.
Pentawer
Pentawer, also written Pentaweret or Pentawere, was a prince of Egypt's 20th Dynasty, a son of Ramesses III condemned for his part in the harem conspiracy against his father.
Pentu (royal scribe)
Pentu, also written Penthu, was an Egyptian royal scribe, royal chamberlain, and chief physician who served the Aten under Akhenaten and owned rock tomb 5 at Tell el-Amarna.
Pepi I Meryre
Pepi I Meryre, third king of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty (ca. 2289–2255 BC), ruled from South Saqqara; his pyramid holds the most extensive Pyramid Texts corpus, and his copper statue was found at Hierakonpolis.
Pepi II Neferkare
Pepi II Neferkare, Sixth Dynasty pharaoh of Egypt's Old Kingdom, son of Pepi I, succeeded as a child after Merenre, credited with a 94-year reign, buried at south Saqqara, last well-attested Old Kingdom king before the First Intermediate Period.
Pepinakht-Heqaib
Pepinakht-Heqaib, also known as Hekaib or Pepinakht, was an Egyptian governor and expedition leader at Elephantine around 2250 BCE, deified after death with a cult lasting centuries.
Pepy-ankh the Black
Pepy-ankh the Black (Pepy-ankh Heny-kem) was a provincial ruler of Cusae in Middle Egypt during the late Sixth Dynasty, buried in the largest decorated tomb at Meir.
Pepyankh the Middle
Pepyankh the Middle was an Old Kingdom Egyptian official who served as vizier and overseer of Upper Egypt under Pepy II, buried in a large rock-cut tomb at Meir.
Per-Ptah
Per-Ptah (pr-Ptḥ, "House of Ptah") is an ancient Egyptian term for a temple domain of the god Ptah, notably the great Ptah temple at Memphis (Mit Rahina) and the Ptah temple at Karnak.
Perdiccas's invasion of Egypt
Perdiccas's invasion of Egypt, also called Perdiccas's Nile campaign, was a failed 320 BC campaign by the regent Perdiccas against Ptolemy, satrap of Egypt, ending with Perdiccas's murder.
Peribsen
Peribsen, also known as Seth-Peribsen, was a king of Egypt's Second Dynasty, ruling c. 2660–2650 BC, the only Egyptian king to place Seth above his serekh.
Perneb
Perneb was a Fifth Dynasty Egyptian palace administrator whose mastaba tomb at Saqqara, built ca. 2381–2323 BCE, has stood in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1916.
Persenet
Persenet was an ancient Egyptian royal woman of the Fourth Dynasty, titled king's daughter of his body and recorded at Giza as the wife of King Khafre.
Persian conquest of Egypt by Cambyses
The Persian conquest of Egypt by Cambyses II, completed in 525 BC with victory at Pelusium over Psamtik III, made Egypt a province of the Achaemenid empire.
Persian invasion of Egypt (351 BC)
The Persian invasion of Egypt (351 BC) was a failed winter campaign in which Artaxerxes III personally led an army against Pharaoh Nectanebo II, who retained Egypt; Persia reconquered Egypt a decade later.
Persian invasion of Egypt (373 BC)
The Persian invasion of Egypt of 373 BC was a failed Achaemenid attempt under Artaxerxes II, led by Pharnabazus and Iphicrates, to recover Egypt from pharaoh Nectanebo I.
Peseshet
Peseshet was an ancient Egyptian woman of the Old Kingdom, about 2500 BC, known from a false door in her son's Giza tomb that titles her overseer of female physicians.
Petiese (prince of Athribis)
Petiese was an official of Athribis in the Egyptian Delta who surrendered his residence city to the Kushite king Piye, as recorded on the Victory Stela of Piye.