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- Nectanebo II (flourished 4th century bce) was the third and last king (reigned 360–343 bce) of the 30th dynasty of Egypt; he was the last of the native Egyptian kings. Nectanebo, with the aid of the Spartan king Agesilaus II, usurped the throne from Tachos.
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Nectanebo II (Egyptian: Nḫt -Ḥr-Ḥbt; Greek: Νεκτανεβώς Nectanebos) was the last native ruler of ancient Egypt, as well as the third and last pharaoh of the Thirtieth Dynasty, reigning from 358 to 340 BC.
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Nectanebo II (flourished 4th century bce) was the third and last king (reigned 360–343 bce) of the 30th dynasty of Egypt; he was the last of the native Egyptian kings. Nectanebo, with the aid of the Spartan king Agesilaus II, usurped the throne from Tachos.
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The hieroglyphs of Nectanebo II, including rare variants, with detailed descriptions of the titles and the sources of the name. Nectanebo II was the third pharaoh of the Thirtieth Dynasty. a.k.a. Nectanebos.
Jan 7, 2017 · A team of Egyptian archaeologists found a cartouche of the last native Egyptian pharaoh under the home of a man in Abydos, Egypt. The man and his accomplices were doing an illegal excavation...
In 373, a large-scale attack had been repelled by pharaoh Nectanebo I, and an age of national restoration had began. Nectanebo was succeeded by his son Teos, who launched an offensive against Persia, trying to gain support in Phoenicia (modern Lebanon), the natural target for Egyptian expansion.
God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II. Late Period. 360–343 B.C. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 128. The pharaoh Nectanebo II often invoked a very close connection–even a merging–between himself and the falcon god of kingship, Horus.
Nectanebo II (c. 380–c. 341 BCE), last native Egyptian king (r. c. 361 to c. 343 BCE), was born Nakhthorheb, but the Greek form of his name is more commonly used by historians. He was the son of Tjahepimu, brother of Egyptian king Tachos.
