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	PSAMMETICHUS - LoveToKnow Article on PSAMMETICHUS
		Niku (Necho), father of Psammetichus, 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 Ethiopian.
		The short reign of the second Psammetichus (594589 Bc.) is noteworthy for the graffiti of his Greek, Phoenician and Carian mercenaries at Abu Simbel (q.v.).
		Griffith, Catalogue of the Rylands demotic papyri; the portrait, H. Schafer in Zeitschrift fr aegyptische Sprache, xxxii.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PS/PSAMMETICHUS.htm (401 words)

	Psammetichus I biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Psammetichus, or Psamtik I, was the first of three kings of the Saite, or Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (664 - 610 BC).
		Necho I, father of Psammetichus, 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.
		The labyrinth built by a king of the Twelfth Dynasty is ascribed by Herodotus to the Dodecarchy, or rule of 12, which must represent this combination of rulers.
	psammetichus.biography.ms (240 words)

	Psamtek of Ancient Egypt
		Thus of Psammetichus, who was the prince of the Libyan immigrants that held the western part of the Nile delta, the legends tell that he was one of twelve chieftains who expelled the enfeebled Assyrians and ruled in a confederacy over lower Egypt.
		Psammetichus recognized the invaders as the fulfillment of the augury.
		Psammetichus, chief of the Egyptian Libyans, became by the aid of Greek mercenaries the Pharaoh of Egypt and founder of the twenty-sixth dynasty, in the year 655 B.C. He proved an able, energetic ruler, prompt to recognize and to meet the changed conditions of his time.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/The_Story_of_the_Greatest_Nations_and_the_Worlds_Famous_Events_Vol_1/psamteka_bcd.html (812 words)

	Virtual-Egypt - The Egyptian People's Papyrus
		There is a possibility that Psammetichus was the son to whom the Assyrian name Nabushezibanni had been given; however, in the account of Ashurbanipal's third campaign contained on the Rassam cylinder he appears with a name very different from both this and the Egyptian form.
		Psammetichus for his part was content to acquire new forces of proven valor to counterbalance the machimoi who were always more or less under the control of the local princes of their particular districts.
		When King Psammetichus came to Elephantine, this was written by those who sailed with Psammetichus the son of Theocles, and they came beyond Kerkis as far as the river permits.
	www.virtual-egypt.com /newhtml/data/hdyn26.htm (4328 words)

	UCL Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Higher Education
		Since Psammetichus, however, made an attempt to discover who were actually the primitive race, they have been of opinion that while they surpass all other nations, the Phrygians surpass them in antiquity.
		Psammetichus then himself heard them say the word, upon which he proceeded to make inquiry what people there was who called anything "becos," and hereupon he learnt that "becos" was the Phrygian name for bread.
		Psammetichus' children proved the hypothesis that the Phrygian tongue was the oldest, older even than the Egyptians'.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /cishe/colloquium/papers/davies.html (2549 words)

	Articles - Psammetichus I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Psammetichus, or Psamtik I, was the first of three kings of the Saite, or Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt (664 BC-610 BC).
		The labyrinth built by a king of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt is ascribed by Herodotus to the Dodecarchy, or rule of 12, which must represent this combination of rulers.
		After his father's death, Psammetichus was able to defy the Assyrians and the Nubians, and during a long reign marked by intimate relations with the Greeks, restored the prosperity of Egypt.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Psammetichus_I (371 words)

	King Psammetichus II (Psamtik II) of Egypt's 26th Dynasty
		Psammetichus II's campaign, that was perhaps more peaceful then otherwise, though recorded as a traditional military campaign, encouraged Zedekiah to embark upon a rebellion that ultimately proved to be catastrophic for Jerusalem when the city fell in 587 BC.
		At home, we also know that Psammetichus II made sure that Ankhnesneferibre (Neferibre lives for her), his daughter, by a Queet Takhut, was adopted by the Divine Adoratice Nitocris, who she eventually succeeded as Wife of Amun at Thebes in 584.
		Psammetichus II is believed to have died in February of 589 BC, and was succeeded by his son, Apries.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/psamtik2.htm (856 words)

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		Psammetichus, finding that mere inquiry failed to reveal which was the original race of mankind.
		All these arrangements were made by Psammetichus because he wished to find out what word the children would first utter, once they had grown out of their meaningless baby/talk.
		Psammetichus ordered the children to be brought to him, and when he himself heard them say "becos" he determined to find out to what language the word be!onged.
	fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us /~rmorel/natl.htm (437 words)

	f. The Late Dynastic Period (25th-31st Dynasties). 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		The family of Psammetichus stemmed from Sais, but he made Memphis the capital.
		Toward the end of his long reign, the collapse of the Assyrian Empire allowed Psammetichus to establish his independence and reassert central authority.
		Psammetichus III (526–525) ruled only for six months, before the Persians invaded (See c.
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	The 21st and the 26th Dynasty
		Psammetichus was the first king who ruled over all of Egypt, or at least a large part of it, including Sais in the Western Nile delta.
		Psammetichus I alias Psusennes I reigned from 664 to 610.
		Psammetichus III and the tomb of Juf-aa in Abusir
	home.tiscali.nl /meester7/eng21-22.html (3843 words)

	Psammetichus II - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Psammetichus II (also spelled Psammeticus, Psammetich, and Psamtik II) was a king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt (595 - 589 BC).
		Pharaoh Psammetich II marched into Palestine and Phoenicia about 592 BC in response to moves made by Babylon, and attempted to generate anti-Babylonian sentiments among the leaders of kingdom of Judah, Philistia and Phoenicia.
		He thought their mumblings sounded like Phrygian; since language is a learned behavior, they never could have spoken a language in reality.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Psammetichus_II (127 words)

	The Stratigraphy of the 19th Dynasty in Asia Minor
		Psammetichus of the 26th Dynasty also invaded Palestine with Aegean and Anatolian mercenaries in the 7th century [Herodotus, The Histories (Trans.
		Psammetichus encountered Scythian invaders at Beth Shan who settled and remained throughout the Persian and Hellenistic eras.
		The succeeding Stratum IV was ascribed to the period of the Late 20th Dynasty, Judges and Philistines, Israelite kings, Assyrians, Psammetichus and the Scythians as well as the Neo-Babylonians and the early years of the Persians.
	www.ldolphin.org /19thdynasty.html (1447 words)

	Articles - Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Psammetichus I was the grandson of Bakenrenef, and following the Assyrians invasions during the reigns of Taharqa and Tantamani, he was recognized as sole king over all of Egypt.
		When the Assyrian Empire was preoccupied with revolts, and civil war over control of the throne, Psammetichus threw off his ties to the Assyrians, and formed alliances with Gyges, king of Lydia, and recruited mercenaries from Caria and Greece to resist Assyrian attacks.
		With the sack of Nineveh in 612 BC and the fall of the Assyrian Empire, both Psammetichus and his successors attempted to reassert Egyptian power in the Near East, but were driven back by the Babylonians under Nebuchadrezzar II.
	www.bronzebass.com /articles/Twenty-sixth_dynasty_of_Egypt (258 words)

	Herodotus - The Histories - Page 370
		Feeling that he was an injured man, and designing to avenge himself upon his persecutors, Psammetichus sent to the city of Buto, where there is an oracle of Latona, the most veracious of all the oracles of the Egyptians.
		Having inquired concerning means of vengeance, he received for answer, that "Vengeance would come from the sea, when brazen men should appear." Great was his incredulity when this answer arrived, for never, he thought, would brazen men arrive to be his helpers.
		Psammetichus, perceiving at once that the oracle was accomplished, made friendly advances to the strangers, and engaged them, by splendid promises, to enter into his service.
	www.galileolibrary.com /ebooks/eu04/herodotus_page_370.htm (324 words)

	Herodotus Book 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		[2] Psammetichus, when he was in no way able to learn by inquiry which people had first come into being, devised a plan by which he took two newborn children of the common people and gave them to a shepherd to bring up among his flocks.
		He gave instructions that no one was to speak a word in their hearing; they were to stay by themselves in a lonely hut, and in due time the shepherd was to bring goats and give the children their milk and do everything else necessary.
		Psammetichus then heard them himself, and asked to what language the word "Bekos" belonged; he found it to be a Phrygian word, signifying bread.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /GreekScience/hdtbk2.html (21284 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| The History of Herodotus by Herodotus
		Cambyses, the son of this lady and of Cyrus, regarding the Ionian and Aeolian Greeks as vassals of his father, took them with him in his expedition against Egypt among the other nations which owned his sway.
		He had caused a rope to be made, many thousand fathoms in length, and had sounded the fountain with it, but could find no bottom.
		Psammetichus, informed of the movement, set out in pursuit, and coming up with them, besought them with many words not to desert the gods of their country, nor abandon their wives and children.
	classics.mit.edu /Herodotus/history.2.ii.html (10795 words)

	The Confusion of the 26th and 19th Dynasty Kings and the Solution
		This inscription was a cornerstone in identifying Psamshek with Psammetichus.
		But keep in mind that the life and deeds of Psamtek are still different from those of Psammetichus; the former occurs by name only in Egyptian and the latter in Greek sources, one was a highly placed official during Persian times, the other a king.
		The ten ushabtis in the name of Psammetichus are difficult to assign specifically to one or the other king of that name.
	www.specialtyinterests.net /dyn26.html (5861 words)

	Appendix on Comparative History to "By the Dog of Egypt" by Dr. Greg Moses, Philosophy
		The Saitic renaissance of the reign of Psammetichus I (664-610) thus begins to look more and more as if its underlying fabric of private power was not so very much removed from the coalitions of independent power that were so noticeable in Greece.
		The son of Psammetichus I, Pharaoh Necho II (610-595), "pursued a policy of opening up the Greek world, actively encouraging the establishment of Greek colonies" (Grimal 1992: 360).
		Psammetichus II marched his army as far north as Byblos and as far south as Napata, establishing a historical record of the reach of Egyptian power.
	pages.prodigy.net /gmoses/moweb/compara.htm (2395 words)

	Psammetichus II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Psammetichus II (also spelled Psammeticus, Psammetich, and Psamtik II) was a king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt (595 BC-589 BC).
		Psammetichus marched into the Kingdom of Judah, Philistia, and Phoenicia in about 592 BC in response to moves made by Babylon, and attempted to generate anti-Babylonian sentiment among their leaders.
		This page was last modified 12:42, 16 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Psammetichus_II (77 words)

	Encyclopedia of the Rulers of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He was the ruler of Persia and treated the last ruler of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, Psammetichus III (Psamtik III) with some consideration.
		Psammetichus then tried to revolt and Cambyses caused him to be killed.
		There is an inscription on a statue that tells of Cambyses going to Sais to worship Neith and restore the revenues and festivals of the temple.
	www.sis.gov.eg /rulers/html/en27p.htm (324 words)

	Herodotus' Inquiries, Book 2: installment 9
		The Egyptians, before Psammetichus became king of them, considered themselves to be the first born of all human beings.
		But, when Psammetichus had become king and wished to know who were the first born, from that time they considered the Phrygians to be earlier born than themselves and themselves than all the others.
		That Psammetichus did and enjoined, since he wished to hear from the young children, once their unintelligible whimperings were gotten rid of, what would be the first utterance they would let out.
	www.losttrails.com /pages/Tales/Inquiries/Herodotus_9.html (3129 words)

	Aryandes
		He was succeeded by his son Psammetichus III, who was faced with a crisis that had been long in the making: the Persians threatened to invade his kingdom.
		When Cyrus' son Cambyses succeeded him in 530, he inherited the war against Egypt; and Psammetichus inherited the war of his father.
		It was commanded by a Persian named Badres and an Egyptian named Amasis, perhaps a son of Psammetichus III (although the Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus believes he was a Persian).
	www.livius.org /arl-arz/aryandes/aryandes.html (1276 words)

	The Dedication of Delphoi
		Egyptologists have identified the Nitocris of the Delphian obols with the daughter of Psammetichus whose name is Nitocris; but a close examination of the data indicates that the Nitocris of the obols is the wife of Psammetichus who became the adopted mother of his daughter Nitocris.
		The new King Psammetichus may have continued the policy of Egyptian penetration at Delphi and as a matter of principle have asked for the atonement for the death of his predecessor.
		It is told that Aesop, having been sentenced to death by the Delphians on the basis of a trumped-up charge, told the Delphians the story of a daughter who, having been raped by her father, told him that she would rather submit to one hundred men than to him.
	www.metrum.org /measures/dedication.htm (15487 words)

	FeralChildren.com - Feral Children - The forbidden experiment
		Psammetichus, finding that mere inquiry failed to reveal which was the original race of mankind, devised an ingenious method of determining the matter.
		He took at random, from an ordinary family, two newly born infants and gave them to a shepherd to be brought up among his flocks, under strict orders that no one should utter a word in their presence.
		Psammetichus ordered the children to be brought to him, and when he himself heard them say "becos" he determined to find out to what language the word belonged.
	www.feralchildren.com /en/experiment.php (626 words)

	PSAMMETICHUS (Egypt. Psammetk) - Online Information article about PSAMMETICHUS (Egypt. Psammetk)
		death Psammetichus I. (664-610 B.C.) was able to defy the Assyrians and the Ethiopians, and during a See also:
		short reign of the second Psammetichus (594-589 B.C.) is noteworthy for the graffiti of his See also:
		negro features in a portrait of Psammetichus I., which might connect him with the Ethiopian rulers.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PRE_PYR/PSAMMETICHUS_Egypt_Psammetk_.html (471 words)

	References to Libya in the Histories of Herodotus
		Apries, his son, succeeded him upon the throne, who, excepting Psammetichus, his great-grandfather, was the most prosperous of all the kings that ever ruled over Egypt.
		The length of his reign was twenty-five years, and in the course of it he marched an army to attack Sidon, and fought a battle with the king of Tyre by sea.
		This Achaeamenes was afterwards slain in his government by Inaros, the son of Psammetichus, a LIBYAN.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/8744/herhist.htm (20729 words)

	Herodotus - The Histories - Page 372
		To the Ionians and Carians who had lent him their assistance Psammetichus assigned as abodes two places opposite to each other, one on either side of the Nile, which received the name of "the Camps." He also made good all the splendid promises by which he had gained their support.
		And further, he entrusted to their care certain Egyptian children, whom they were to teach the language of the Greeks.
		The docks where their vessels were laid up, and the ruins of their habitations, were still to be seen in my day at the place where they dwelt originally, before they were removed by Amasis.
	www.galileolibrary.com /ebooks/eu04/herodotus_page_372.htm (261 words)

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		Psammetichus I governed on behalf of the Assyrians until they were forced to withdraw their forces to wage war against the Persian Empire.
		On the departure of the Assyrians, Psammetichus I declared himself pharaoh and established the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty, ruling over a re-united Egypt from his capital at Saïs in the Delta.
		This was to be the last great Pharaonic age which witnessed the revival of majestic art and architecture and the introduction of new technologies.
	www.arab.net /egypt/et_lateperiod.htm (426 words)

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