Piankhi

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Piankhi, also known as Piye, was an ancient Nubian king who founded Egypt’s Twenty-fifth Dynasty and is noted for unifying Egypt under Kushite rule in the 8th century BCE.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Piankhi canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kushite ruler ⓘ
ancient Nubian king ⓘ
founder of a dynasty ⓘ
pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pankhy ⓘ
Pianchi ⓘ
Piye ⓘ
burialPlace El-Kurru ⓘ
burialType pyramid tomb ⓘ
capital Napata ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 8th century BCE ⓘ
child Shepenupet II ⓘ
Taharqa ⓘ
conflict Campaign against the coalition of Delta rulers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Kush ⓘ
cultOf Amun ⓘ
culturalSphere Nubian ⓘ
linked to: Nubians

ancient Egyptian ⓘ
dynasty Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
ethnicGroup Nubian ⓘ
linked to: Nubians
father Kashta ⓘ
founded Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
inscription Victory stela of Piankhi ⓘ
languageUsed Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
majorSource Great Triumphal Stela of Piankhi ⓘ
mother Pebatjma ⓘ
notableFor campaign against Tefnakht of Sais ⓘ
conquest of Lower Egypt ⓘ
inscriptional record of his campaigns ⓘ
promotion of Amun cult ⓘ
unifying Egypt under Kushite rule ⓘ
opponent Tefnakht of Sais ⓘ
linked to: Tefnakht
positionHeld King of Kush ⓘ
linked to: King of Napata

King of Upper Egypt ⓘ
Pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
predecessor Kashta ⓘ
realm Egypt ⓘ
Kush ⓘ
linked to: Napatan Kush
reignEnd circa 716 BCE ⓘ
reignStart circa 747 BCE ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
residence Napata ⓘ
sibling Amenirdis I ⓘ
Shabaka ⓘ
spouse Abar ⓘ
Tabiry ⓘ
successor Shabaka ⓘ
title Beloved of Amun ⓘ
King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
Lord of the Two Lands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Piye → nameVariant → Piankhi ⓘ
Pianchi → alsoKnownAs → Piankhi ⓘ