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Psamtik III

r. 526–525 BCE · 6th century BCE · Also known as Pharaoh Psamtik III

Psamtik III was the last pharaoh of Egypt's Twenty-sixth Dynasty, reigning briefly in the sixth century BCE. He was defeated by the Persian king Cambyses II at the Battle of Pelusium in 525 BCE. Egypt was then incorporated into the Achaemenid Empire.

Psamtik III
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Twenty-sixth Dynasty of EgyptAchaemenid Egypt

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Psamtik III. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/psamtik-iii
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