Nectanebo I
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Nectanebo I was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, founder of the last native dynasty of Egypt, the 30th.
Statue of Nectanebo I with khepresh crown
Vestibule of the Temple of Isis at Philae
First Pylon, Karnak
Nectanebo I titulary
Nepherites II
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Nepherites II or Nefaarud II was the last pharaoh of the feeble and short-lived Twenty-ninth Dynasty, the penultimate native dynasty of Egypt.
Nectanebo I
…found at Hermopolis provides some evidence that he came to power by overthrowing, and possibly putting to death, the last pharaoh of the 29th Dynasty Nepherites II. It has been suggested that Nectanebo was assisted in the coup by the Athenian general Chabrias. Nectanebo carried out the coronation ceremony in c…
Androsphinx of Pharaoh Hakor, Nepherites II's father. Louvre, Paris.