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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-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, also called the Kushite or Nubian Dynasty: kings from Napata in Kush who ruled Egypt (c. 747–656 BC) as pharaohs, from Piye's conquest through Taharqo until Assyrian invasions ended their rule.
Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt, also called the Tanite dynasty, ruled from Tanis c. 1070–945 BC, the first dynasty of the Third Intermediate Period, ending with Sheshonq I's accession.
Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt, also known as the 24th Dynasty, was a short-lived line of kings who ruled from Sais in the Nile Delta in the late eighth century 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-second Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt, also called the Bubastite or Libyan Dynasty, was a Libyan-origin dynasty founded by Shoshenq I about 945 BC that ruled Egypt until roughly 730 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.
Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt, also Dynasty 23, was a collateral royal line of the Third Intermediate Period, founded by Pedubast I at Thebes and overlapping Dynasty 22 for about 90 years.
Two-dog Palette
The Two-dog Palette, also called the Ashmolean Palette, is a late Predynastic Egyptian ceremonial cosmetic palette excavated at Hierakonpolis and held in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Twosret
Twosret, also spelled Tausret or Tawosret, was a female pharaoh of ancient Egypt, the last ruler of the 19th Dynasty, who reigned about 1191–1185 BC.
Tyti
Tyti was a royal wife of Egypt's Twentieth Dynasty, identified as a wife of Ramesses III and buried in tomb QV52 in the Valley of the Queens.
Udjahorresnet
Udjahorresnet, also written Wedjahor-Resne, was an Egyptian high official and chief physician from Sais who served the pharaohs Amasis and Psammetichus III, then the Persian kings Cambyses II and Darius I.
Udjebten
Udjebten, also written Wedjebten, was a queen consort of Pepi II of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, buried in a pyramid at South Saqqara whose burial chamber bore Pyramid Texts.
Ukhhotep (son of Senbi)
Ukhhotep, also known as Ukhhotep I or Wekhhotep, was a provincial governor of Egypt's 14th Upper Egyptian nome during the early Twelfth Dynasty, buried at Meir.
Ukhhotep III
Ukhhotep III, also written Wekhhotep III, was a Twelfth Dynasty governor of Egypt's 14th Upper Egyptian nome, seated at El-Qusiya, buried in rock-cut tomb C1 at Meir.
Uni (Egyptian official)
Uni, also called Weni, was an Old Kingdom Egyptian official who served the Sixth Dynasty kings Teti, Pepi I, and Merenre around 2350–2288 BC, known from his long tomb inscription at Abydos.
Unification of Egypt
The unification of Egypt, also called the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, joined the two lands under one king around 3100 BC, associated with Narmer and Menes.
Unification of Egypt by Psamtik I
The unification of Egypt by Psamtik I ended the Third Intermediate Period, as the Saite king of Sais defeated rival Delta rulers and secured Thebes by 656 BC.
Uraeus
Uraeus (Egyptian iaret): the rearing cobra symbol of protection and royal power in ancient Egypt, embodying the goddess Wadjet of Lower Egypt, worn on pharaohs' foreheads and set on shrine friezes.
Useramen
Useramen, also Useramun, was a vizier of ancient Egypt in the early 18th Dynasty, succeeding his father Ahmose Amethu under Hatshepsut and Thutmose III; he is known from Theban tombs TT 61 and TT 131.
Userhat (royal scribe)
Userhat was a royal scribe of Egypt's 18th Dynasty who served Amenhotep II and probably Thutmose IV, accounting for bread supplies and Amun's herds, known from his painted Theban tomb TT56.
Userkaf
Userkaf, also read Weserkaf, was the first pharaoh of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, reigning around 2494–2487 BC, who built his pyramid at Saqqara and the earliest known sun temple in Egyptian history at Abu Gurab.
Userkare
Userkare was the second pharaoh of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, reigning for two to four years around 2334 BC between Teti and Pepi I, possibly a usurper who left no tomb.
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.
Usermontu (vizier)
Usermontu, also written Usermont, was a vizier of Upper Egypt in the late Eighteenth Dynasty, serving under Tutankhamun and still in office under Horemheb, attested in Theban tombs.
Usersatet
Usersatet (Wesersatet) was viceroy of Kush, the official who governed Nubia for Amenhotep II in the mid-18th Dynasty, attested by Year 23 of the reign.
Valley of the Kings (وادي الملوك)
The Valley of the Kings (وادي الملوك) in Egypt is where New Kingdom pharaohs were buried in rock-cut tombs near Luxor from about 1550 to 1069 BC.
Viceroy of Kush
The Viceroy of Kush, also known as the Overseer of the Southern Lands, was the ancient Egyptian official who governed Nubia during the New Kingdom, from about 1550 to 1069 BC.
Victory stela of Amenhotep II
The Victory stela of Amenhotep II, also called the Memphis stela, is a hieroglyphic Egyptian inscription recording Amenhotep II's Asiatic campaigns in regnal years 7 and 9.