Darius I

Darius I was the third emperor of the larger Achaemenid Empire, and a pharaoh of the 27th Dynasty (First Persian Domination) from 522 to 486 B.C. He succeeded Cambyses as Persian emperor, and ruled above Egyptian governors Psamtik I and Necho II. He was succeeded by the harsh ruler Xerxes I. Much is known about him in both of the Egyptian chronologies.

Darius was the son of Hyastaspes, as well as the brother-in-law and third cousin of Cambyses. This links him to previous rulers of the Persian Empire, explaining how he became emperor. He had only one son important to the revised history, his successor, Xerxes I.

In 522 B.C., Darius inherited the throne from his third cousin Cambyses. He ruled alongside Psamtik I for the first 33 years of his reign, and helped to continue to restore Egypt. He appointed Udjahorresne for this task early in his reign, who died within a decade. There were many revolts within his reign. In 489 B.C., when Necho II succeeded Psamtik I, Darius began work on a canal from the Nile River to the Red Sea, as preparation for his battles with Greece. Necho rebelled three years into his reign, and from 487 to 486 B.C., the last year of Darius I, he was busy putting down this rebellion. He died before this task was completed.

The evidence for the revised history can be found at Displaced Dynasties. Evidence concerning this specific ruler of Egypt can be found here.