Psamtik II

Psamtik II was the third pharaoh of the 26th Dynasty, who ruled from 474 to 468 B.C. He succeeded Necho II as ruler of Egypt, and was succeeded by Apries. Very little is known about this pharaoh, in either the traditional or revised Egyptian histories.

Psamtik II was the son of Necho II, who was the son of Psamtik I, himself the son of Necho I. This connects Psamtik II back to the origins of the 26th Dynasty. He had multiple sons, but three important to the revised chronology, who are Apries, Inaros, and Psamtik (III).

The rule of Psamtik began in 474 B.C., when Necho II died and the throne was passed to him. Not much happened during his reign, as the first Egyptian rebellion had been put down a decade earlier, and little freedom was likely given to the pharaohs by their Persian overlord (Xerxes I). In Psamtik II’s third year (471 B.C.), Nubia (now Ethiopia) was conquered. He put up many large monuments celebrating this event. The rest of his rule was largely uneventful.

The evidence for the revised history can be found at Displaced Dynasties. Evidence about this specific pharaoh can be found here.