Apries

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Apries was a 26th Dynasty pharaoh of ancient Egypt, known for his reign during a period of political turmoil and foreign intervention in the Nile Delta.

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Apries canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 26th Dynasty ruler
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
human
associatedWithSite Memphis
Sais temple complex
biblicalName Hophra
burialPlace Sais
surface form: Sais (probable)
capital Sais
causeOfDownfall internal rebellion
military defeat
chronologicalPosition fourth king of the 26th Dynasty
conflictWith Neo-Babylonian Empire
surface form: Babylonian Empire

Cyrene
deathCircumstances likely killed after being deposed
era Late Period of Egypt
surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt
father Psamtik II
foreignPolicy intervention in Judah and the Levant
support for anti-Babylonian coalitions
hasAlternativeName Hophra
Hophra
surface form: Hophra (Biblical name)

Uahibre
Wahibre
Wahibre
surface form: Wahibre Haaibre
knownFrom biblical texts
classical sources
inscriptions
language Egyptian
mentionedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
mother Takhuit
notableFor conflict with Babylon
foreign intervention in the Nile Delta
involvement in Levantine politics
period of political turmoil in Egypt
use of Greek mercenaries
war with Greek city of Cyrene
predecessor Psamtik II
rebelledAgainstBy Amasis II
reignEnd c. 570 BC
reignStart c. 589 BC
religion ancient Egyptian religion
royalHouse Saite Dynasty
ruledDynasty Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
ruledRegion Egypt
Nile Delta
successor Amasis II
throneName Wahibre
surface form: Wahibre Haaibre
title Pharaoh
surface form: King of Upper and Lower Egypt
usedMercenariesFrom Greece
usedScript hieratic
hieroglyphs

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Referenced by (12)

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Saite Dynasty hasMonarch Apries
Psamtik II successor Apries
Psamtik II child Apries
Psamtik II succeededBy Apries
pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty hasPharaoh Apries
subject surface form: Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
Amasis II predecessor Apries
Saite Egypt notableRuler Apries
Obelisk of Montecitorio (Solarium Augusti gnomon) pharaohMentioned Apries
subject surface form: Obelisk of Montecitorio