PIANKHI

By: Lauren Piskorski, Mary Rockouski, Paolo Zavala

WHO HE WAS

• Founder of the 25th dynasty
• Ruled from 752-722 B.C.E. (30 years)
• Ruled from city of Napata
• Located deep in Nubia (modern day Sudan)
• Worshipped the god Amun, the patron god of thebes

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FACTS

• He conquered Egypt to reunify it and fill it with monuments
• United two kingdoms along the Nile
• Nickname was Piye
• Fought Egypt because he believed the gods wanted him to rule
• He had two throne names: Usimare and Sneferre

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PIANKHI'S DEATH

• Had an Egyptian burial
• Was buried with his favorite four horses
• Was buried in El-Kurru near Jebel Barkal (Northern Sudan)
• After he died, his brother Shabaka took control.
• First Pharaoh in 500 years with an honored burial