* 589 BC — Apries succeeds Psamtik II as king of Egypt.

Following Cyrus the Great's conquest of the Near East and Central Asia, Cambyses II further expanded the empire into Egypt during the Late Period by defeating the Egyptian pharaoh Psamtik III during the battle of Pelusium in 525 BCE.

Cambyses II of Persia capturing pharaoh Psamtik III from " Persian seal, VI century BCE "

The war took place in 525 BCE, when Amasis II had just been succeeded by his son Psamtik III.

* 595 BC — Psamtik II succeeds Necho II as king of Egypt.

* 610 BC — Necho II succeeds Psamtik I ( Psammetichus ) as king of Egypt.

Written between the 450s and 420s BC, the scope of Herodotus ' work reaches about a century into the past, discussing 6th-century historical figures such as Darius I of Persia, Cambyses II and Psamtik III, and alludes to some 8th-century ones such as Candaules.

Necho II died in 595 BC and was succeeded by his son, Psamtik II, as the next pharaoh of Egypt.

Psamtik II, however, later removed Necho's name from almost all of his father's monuments for unknown reasons.

Apries inherited the throne from his father, pharaoh Psamtik II, in February 589 BC and his reign continued his father's history of foreign intrigue in Palestinian affairs.

At this time of crisis, the Egyptians turned in support towards a victorious general, Amasis II who had led Egyptian forces in a highly successful invasion of Nubia in 592 BC under pharaoh Psamtik II, Apries ' father.

" Historical references for the Dodecarchy and the rise of Psamtik I in power, establishing the Saitic Dynasty, are recorded in Herodotus Histories, Book II: 151-157.

Psamtik reunified Egypt in his 9th regnal year when he dispatched a powerful naval fleet in March 656 BC to Thebes and compelled the existing God's Wife of Amun at Thebes, Shepenupet II to adopt his daughter Nitocris I as her Heiress in the so-called Adoption Stela.

Psamtik and Mehtenweshket were the parents of Necho II, Merneith, and the Divine Adoratice Nitocris I.

Psamtik II led a foray into Nubia in 592 BC, marching as far south as the Third or even the Fourth Cataract of the Nile according to a contemporary stela from Thebes ( Karnak ) which dates to Year 3 of this king's name and refers to a heavy defeat that was inflicted upon the kingdom of Kush.

The Year 3 Karnak stela is dated to II Shemu day 10 of Psamtik II's reign and states that:

Curiously, however, Psamtik II does not appear to have capitalized on his victory.

" Later, in 591 BC, during the fourth year of his reign, Psamtik II launched an expedition into Palestine " to foment a general Levantine revolt against the Babylonians " that involved, among other, Zedekiah of the Kingdom of Judah.

Psamtik II was both a dynamic warrior pharaoh as well as a prolific builder in his brief 6 year reign.

A significant Saite temple was likely built by Psamtik II and his son Apries at the village of El-Mahalla El-Kubra which lies equidistant from Sebennytos and Behbeit El-Hagar in the Lower Nile Delta.

A 1. 8 metre long fragment of red granite with the name of Psamtik II and a door lintel of Apries was also seen at El-Mahalla El-Kubra.

Psamtik I ( also spelled Psammeticus or Psammetichus, in Greek: Ψαμμήτιχος ), was the first of three kings of that name of the Saite, or Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt.

Psamtik II also constructed a kiosk on Philae island.

Psamtik II was also responsible for founding the Temple-house at Hibis in El-Kharga Oasis for the triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu with significant installations for the cult of Osiris.

Psamtik and Queen Takhut were also the parents of Menekhubaste, a Priestess of Atum at Heliopolis, and Ankhnesneferibre, a God's Wife of Amun who was served in this powerful office in Upper Egypt through to the remainder of the Saite period in 525 BC when Egypt was conquered by the Persians.

Egypt was reunified by his son Psamtik I. Necho I is primarily known from Assyrian documents but is now also attested in one contemporary Egyptian document from his reign.

Psamtik III ( also spelled Psammetichus or Psammeticus ) was the last Pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt from 526 BC to 525 BC.

Psammetichus or Psamtik was the name of three Egyptian pharaohs of the 26th Saite Dynasty.

It relates the plight of the Saite Pharaoh Psammetichus I ( Psamtik ) ( c. 664-610 ) of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt overthrown and in desperation, seeking the advice of the Oracle of Leto at Buto who cryptically advises him to enlist the aid of " brazen men " who would " come from the sea.

Psamtik I was the first to be recognized as the king of the whole of Egypt, and he brought increased stability to the country during a 54-year reign from the new capital of Sais.

The pharaoh Psamtik III had to face the might of Persia at Pelusium ; he was defeated and briefly escaped to Memphis, but ultimately was captured and then executed.

Necho I, the father of Psamtik by his Queen Istemabet, was the chief of these kinglets, but they seem to have been quite unable to hold the Egyptians to the hated Assyrians against the more sympathetic Nubians.

Psamtik was the son of Necho I who died in 664 BC when the Kushite king Tantamani tried unsuccessfully to seize control of lower Egypt from the Assyrian Empire.

Psamtik II's campaign was likely initiated to destroy any future aspirations the Kushites may have had to reconquer Egypt.

The Temple of Hibis was founded by Psamtik II at Kharga Oasis.

The Temple of Psamtik II at Hibis was completely preserved until 1832 when its roof and portions of the temple were removed for the construction of an aluminium factory.

When Psamtik II died in 589 BC, he was succeeded by Apries who was his son by Queen Takhut, a Princess of Athribis.

However, the passage over the ridge of hills which shuts in on the south of the great Jezreel Valley was blocked by the Judean army led by Josiah, who may have considered that the Assyrians and Egyptians were weakened by the death of the pharaoh Psamtik I only a year earlier ( 610 BC ), who had been appointed and confirmed by Assyrian kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal.

To the west, Egypt was still recovering under Psamtik I from its Assyrian occupation, transforming from a vassal state to an autonomous ally.

Psamtik I was probably a descendant of Bakenrenef, and following the Assyrians ' invasions during the reigns of Taharqa and Tantamani, he was recognized as sole king over all of Egypt.

* 664 BC: Psamtik I succeeds Necho I as king of Lower Egypt.

161 ) and Diodorus ( i. 68 ) designate Wahibre Haaibre, Ουαφρης ( Pharaoh-Hophra ), a pharaoh of Egypt ( 589 BC – 570 BC ), the fourth king ( counting from Psamtik I ) of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt.

With the help of Greek mercenaries, Apries was able to hold back Babylonian attempts to conquer Egypt, but it was the Persians who conquered Egypt, and their king Cambyses II carried Psamtik III to Susa in chains.

Psamtik III was defeated and briefly escaped to Memphis, before he was ultimately imprisoned and, later, executed at Susa, the capital of the Persian king Cambyses, who now assumed the formal title of Pharaoh.

* Nikotris, Ramses ' mother: historic Queen Nitocris ; or perhaps the identically named daughter, Nitocris, of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty king Psamtik I.

During the twenty-sixth dynasty, the Saite king Psamtik I forcibly reunited Egypt under his rule in March 656 BC and he compelled the God's Wife of Amun serving at the time, Shepenupet II, daughter of Piye, to adopt his daughter as her chosen successor to this position.

Later during the twenty-sixth dynasty, the Saite king Psamtik I would forcibly reunite Egypt in March 656 BC under his rule and compel the God's Wife of Amun serving at the time, Shepenupet II, daughter of Piye, to adopt his daughter Nitocris as her chosen successor to this position.

She was the daughter of the Saite Period twenty-sixth dynasty Egyptian king Psamtik I. Psamtik I dispatched a powerful naval fleet in March 656 BC to Thebes and compelled the serving God's Wife of Amun Shepenupet II, a daughter of Piye to adopt his daughter Nitocris I as her heir to this office in the well known Adoption Stela.