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Nebra (Egyptian pharaoh)
Nebra, also written Raneb and called Kakau in later king lists, was the second king of Egypt's Second Dynasty, reigning around 2800 BCE and the first ruler to place the sun god in his royal name.
Nebsenre
Nebsenre was a pharaoh of Egypt's Fourteenth Dynasty in the Second Intermediate Period, known only from the Turin King List, which records a reign of 5 months and 20 days.
Nebtu (wife of Thutmose III)
Nebtu is one of the attested wives of Thutmose III, a pharaoh of Egypt's 18th Dynasty who reigned about 1479 to 1425 BC and was buried in tomb KV34.
Nebty-tepites
Nebty-tepites, also written Nebtytepites or Nebtitepites, was a royal woman of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, a daughter of Queen Meresankh II known from a single relief in the family mastaba at Giza.
Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle
The Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle, also known as ABC 5 or the Jerusalem Chronicle, is a Babylonian tablet recording Nebuchadnezzar II's early reign, 605 to 595 BCE.
Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder
The Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder, also known as the East India House Inscription, is a large limestone display tablet from Babylon bearing a first-person building inscription of King Nebuchadnezzar II, now in the British Museum.
Nebuchadnezzar I
Nebuchadnezzar I (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur), king of Babylon's Second Dynasty of Isin (ca. 1126–1104 BC), defeated Elam, sacked Susa ca. 1100 BC, and returned Marduk's statue to Babylon; not the later Nebuchadnezzar II.
Nebuchadnezzar I's Elamite campaign
Nebuchadnezzar I's Elamite campaign was a war fought by Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon against Elam under King Hutelutuš-Inšušinak, later celebrated for the return of Marduk's statue to Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar I's recovery of the statue of Marduk
Nebuchadnezzar I's recovery of the statue of Marduk is the traditional account of how Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon defeated Elam around 1125–1104 BC and restored Marduk's stolen statue.
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur), second king of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty, reigned 605–562 BCE; won Karchemish, captured Jerusalem in 597 and 587/586, and rebuilt Babylon with the Ishtar Gate and outer wall.
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaign against Egypt (568/567 BC)
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaign against Egypt was a Babylonian invasion in 568/567 BC, in Nebuchadnezzar's thirty-seventh year, against pharaoh Amasis, known from tablet BM 33041; Egypt remained independent.
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaigns against Ammon and Moab
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaigns against Ammon and Moab were Babylonian military operations between roughly 604 and 582 BC that reduced Ammon to vassalage and then a province, while Moab was destroyed.
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaigns in the Levant
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaigns in the Levant, also called the Babylonian campaigns in Syria-Palestine, were Babylonian operations from about 605 to 582 BC that replaced Egyptian influence with Babylonian domination.
Nebuchadnezzar III
Nebuchadnezzar III, born Nidintu-Bēl, was a Babylonian official who rebelled against Darius I, claiming to be a son of Nabonidus, and ruled Babylonia from October to December 522 BCE.
Nebuchadnezzar IV
Nebuchadnezzar IV, whose personal name was Arakha, was a rebel king of Babylonia in 521 BC who claimed to be a son of Nabonidus; Darius I's forces defeated and executed him.
Nebuzaradan
Nebuzaradan (Akkadian Nabû-zēr-iddina) was a high-ranking Babylonian officer under Nebuchadnezzar II who burned Jerusalem, razed its walls, and deported much of its population in 587/586 BC.
Nebwawy
Nebwawy was a High Priest of Osiris at Abydos in the early Eighteenth Dynasty, serving under Thutmose III and into the reign of Amenhotep II.
Nebwenenef
Nebwenenef was High Priest of Amun at Thebes in the early 19th Dynasty, appointed by Ramesses II in Year 1 after serving as First Priest of Hathor at Dendera.
Necho I
Necho I, also written Nekau I, ruled Sais in the Nile Delta from 672 to 664 BC as an Assyrian vassal and founded Egypt's 26th dynasty.
Necho II
Necho II, also known as Nekau II or Wehemibre, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Twenty-sixth Dynasty who reigned from 610 to 595 BC, fought Josiah at Megiddo, and was defeated by Nebuchadnezzar at Carchemish.
Necho II's circumnavigation of Africa
Necho II's circumnavigation of Africa was a three-year Phoenician voyage around Africa ordered by the Egyptian pharaoh Necho II (r. 610–595 BCE), known only from Herodotus and disputed by scholars.
Nectanebo I
Nectanebo I, also known as Nakhtnebef, was a pharaoh of Egypt and founder of the Thirtieth Dynasty, the last ruled by native Egyptians, reigning from roughly 380 to 362 BC.
Nectanebo II
Nectanebo II (Nakhthorhebyt, Nectanebos), last pharaoh of Egypt's Thirtieth Dynasty and last native ruler of independent Egypt (359/358-342/341 BCE); gained throne by coup against Teos, repelled Persia in 351, fell to Artaxerxes III in 343 and fled to Nubia.
Nectanebo II gold stater
The Nectanebo II gold stater is a rare Egyptian gold coin of pharaoh Nectanebo II, struck around 360-343 BC and the only ancient gold coinage using hieroglyphs.
Nectanebo II's resistance to Persia
Nectanebo II's resistance to Persia, also called the defense of Egypt against Artaxerxes III, ended sixty-five years of Egyptian independence when Artaxerxes III reconquered Egypt around 343 BC.
Nedjeh
Nedjeh is a name, or possibly a title, attached in two Second Intermediate Period inscriptions to a ruler of Kush, the Kerma-based kingdom that dominated Lower Nubia.
Nedjemibre
Nedjemibre, also spelled Nedjemibra, was an obscure king of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty, dated to about 1780 BC and known essentially from a single entry in the Turin King List.
Nefaarud I
Nefaarud I, known in Greek sources as Nepherites I, was the founder and first pharaoh of Egypt's 29th (Mendesian) Dynasty, reigning about six years from his capital at Mendes.
Nefaarud II
Nefaarud II, hellenized as Nepherites II, was the last pharaoh of Egypt's Twenty-ninth Dynasty, deposed by Nectanebo I after a four-month reign around 380 BC.
Neferabu
Neferabu was a workman of Deir el-Medina, the village of royal-tomb builders at Thebes, who lived under Ramesses II and is known for tomb TT5 and a penitential stela to Meretseger.