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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.
Pekah
Pekah (Hebrew פֶּקַח), son of Remaliah, was king of Israel from about 735 to 732 BC, taking the throne by murdering Pekahiah and later killed by Hoshea.
Pekahiah
Pekahiah was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel, son and successor of Menahem, who reigned in Samaria about two years before being assassinated by his officer Pekah.
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.
Peksater
Peksater (also Pekasater) was a royal wife of the Kushite king Piye, recorded as his sister and a daughter of Kashta, buried at Abydos in Egypt.
Peli (king of Awan)
Peli is the first of the twelve kings of Awan in Elam listed on an Old Babylonian king list found at Susa, known only from that list itself.
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.
Pentathlus expedition
The Pentathlus expedition, or Expedition of Pentathlus, was a failed attempt around 580 BC by Greeks of Rhodes and Cnidus, led by Pentathlos of Cnidus, to colonize western Sicily.
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.
Pericles of Limyra
Pericles of Limyra, also spelled Perikles, was an early 4th-century BC dynast who ruled eastern Lycia, capturing Xanthos and calling himself ruler of the Lycians.
Periodisation of the Indus Valley Civilisation
The periodisation of the Indus Valley Civilisation is the scholarly chronology dividing the Harappan civilization into Early, Mature, and Late phases, spanning roughly 3500–1300 BC.
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.
Persephone Punic stele
The Persephone Punic stele is a Carthaginian votive stele from the tophet sanctuary of Salammbô at Carthage, tied to the cult of Demeter and Persephone.
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 Gulf seals
Persian Gulf seals, also called Dilmun or Gulf Type seals, are small circular stamp seals from Bahrain's ancient Dilmun, c. 2100–1750 BC, often inscribed with Indus script.
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.
Peruwa
Peruwa was a wealthy native Anatolian dignitary of Kanesh during the Old Assyrian colony period, known from his household archive and fourteen-roomed residence with iron ingots.