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Shoshenq IV
Shoshenq IV, also spelled Sheshonq IV, was a poorly documented pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Twenty-second (Tanite) Dynasty, the eighth king between Shoshenq III and Pami, reigning around 786–773 BC.
Shoshenq V
Shoshenq V, also spelled Sheshonq V, throne name Aakheperre, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Twenty-second Dynasty, son of Pimay, whose 37-year reign ended the Tanite line.
Shoshenq VI
Shoshenq VI, also written Sheshonq VI and formerly known as Shoshenq IV, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Twenty-third Dynasty, usually counted as its fourth king, reigning around 804–798 BC and succeeded by Osorkon III.
Shu (Egyptian god)
Shu, ancient Egyptian god of air and wind of the Heliopolitan Ennead, son of Atum, twin of Tefnut, father of Geb and Nut; he separated sky from earth and embodied the breath of life.
Shuroy
Shuroy was an Egyptian official of the Ramesside Period who served as Head of the Brazier Bearers of Amun at Karnak and is known from tomb TT13 at Dra Abu el-Naga.
Siamun (pharaoh)
Siamun (Netjerkheperre) was the sixth pharaoh of Egypt's Twenty-first Dynasty at Tanis, reigning about 17 years in the tenth century BC and expanding the temple of Amun.
Siamun (son of Thutmose III)
Siamun was an ancient Egyptian prince of the Eighteenth Dynasty, a son of the pharaoh Thutmose III, who reigned into his 54th year; the name means "son of Amun."
Siatum
Siatum was an ancient Egyptian prince of the Eighteenth Dynasty, probably a son of Pharaoh Thutmose IV, attested on a Vienna relief and his daughter's mummy-label.
Siege of Ashdod
The siege of Ashdod was an attack by the Egyptian king Psammetichus I on the Philistine city of Ashdod, which Herodotus reports lasted twenty-nine years before the city fell.
Siege of Dapur
The siege of Dapur was an attack by Ramesses II on a fortified town in north Syria in his regnal Year 8, after the Battle of Kadesh.
Siege of Joppa
The Siege of Joppa, known in Egyptian literature as The Taking of Joppa, was the capture of rebellious Joppa (Jaffa) by general Djehuty under Thutmose III around 1460 BC.
Siege of Memphis (459–456 BC)
The siege of Memphis (459–456 BC) was a multi-year blockade of the Persian-held White Fortress at Memphis by Egyptians under Inaros and Athenian allies diverted from Cyprus.
Siege of Pelusium (373 BC)
The Siege of Pelusium (373 BC), also called the Battle of Mendes, was a failed Persian invasion of Egypt under Artaxerxes II, turned back by the Nile flood.
Siege of Sharuhen
The Siege of Sharuhen was a three-year siege of the southern Canaanite city of Sharuhen by the Egyptian king Ahmose I, ending the war with the Hyksos.
Siege of Tunip
The Siege of Tunip was the capture of the Hittite-aligned Syrian city of Tunip by the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, between Kadesh in 1274 BC and the 1259/8 BC treaty.
Siese
Siese, also called Saaset, was a high official of Egypt's 12th Dynasty who served as high steward and later held the offices of treasurer and vizier at the same time, probably under Senusret III.
Sihathor
Sihathor, also Menwadjre Sihathor or Sahathor, was a short-reigning Thirteenth Dynasty pharaoh of Egypt, recorded in the Turin Canon between Neferhotep I and Sobekhotep IV.
Simmias (Ptolemaic officer)
Simmias was a Greek officer sent by Ptolemy III Euergetes to explore the Red Sea and Ethiopian coasts in the 3rd century BC, whose reports informed Agatharchides.
Sinai mining expeditions of the Old Kingdom
The Sinai mining expeditions of the Old Kingdom, also called the Wadi Maghara expeditions, were state expeditions extracting turquoise and copper in southwest Sinai from Dynasty 3 through Dynasty 5.
Siptah
Siptah, also known as Ramesses Siptah, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt, the seventh king of the Nineteenth Dynasty, who acceded at about fourteen and ruled for nearly six years.
Sitamun
Sitamun, also Sitamen or Satamun, was an Egyptian princess and queen consort of the 18th Dynasty, eldest daughter of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye who became his Great Royal Wife.
Sitdjehuti
Sitdjehuti, also written Satdjehuty, was a princess and queen of Egypt's Theban 17th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period, a sister-wife of Seqenenre Tao known almost entirely from her funerary equipment.
Sithathor
Sithathor, also printed Sit Hathor, was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 12th Dynasty, probably a daughter of King Senusret II, known from jewelry found at Dahshur in 1894.
Sithathoriunet
Sithathoriunet, also written Sithathoryunet, was a princess of Egypt's 12th Dynasty, known from jewelry buried in her shaft tomb beside the pyramid of Senwosret II at Lahun.
Sitre
Sitre was an Egyptian queen of the early 19th Dynasty, wife of Ramesses I and mother of Seti I, buried in tomb QV38 in the Valley of the Queens.
Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
The Sixth Dynasty of Egypt was the last dynasty of the Old Kingdom, a line of Memphite kings who ruled roughly 180 years, from Teti to Pepi II.
Slavery in ancient Egypt
Slavery in ancient Egypt: coerced labor from the Old Kingdom (c. 2686 BCE) to the Ptolemaic period (30 BCE), also called bound labor and corvée. Mostly small-scale and domestic until Hellenistic times; prisoners of war were the main source; pyramids were built by corvée workers, not slaves.
Smendes
Smendes, Egyptian Nesbanebdjed, was the founder and first king of Egypt's Twenty-first Dynasty and first ruler of the Third Intermediate Period, reigning from Tanis about 1070–1044 BC after Ramesses XI.
Smendes II
Smendes II, also known as Nesbanebdjed II, was a High Priest of Amun at Thebes in Egypt's 21st Dynasty, the seventh pontiff, serving briefly around 997–993 BC.
Smendes III
Smendes III, Egyptian Nisu-Ba-Neb-Djedet, was a High Priest of Amun at Thebes during the 22nd Dynasty, a son of Pharaoh Osorkon I who held the office around 884–874 BC.