Late Period
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Egypt’s Late Period: 664 to 332 BC
26th to 31st Pharaonic Dynasties
The Assyrians invaded, driving out the Nubians and then left to deal with issues in their home country
A Pharaoh of Libyan heritage ruled for a short period of time before the Persians invaded and occupied Egypt twice
The late period saw a flourish of building to echo the great Egyptian periods of its past, such as the Middle and New Kingdom Periods. Demotic Script became the new and faster way of writing versus hieroglyph use for daily use. In religion more focus was attributed to the animal form of the deities and millions of animals were bred specifically to be mummified and offer to their animal counterpart deity on their death. This included the Apis Bull at the Saqqara Necropolis, the crocodiles in Kom Ombo, cats for Bastet, lions for Sekhmet, and ibises for Thoth.
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Dynasty 26
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Dynasty 27
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Dynasty 28
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Dynasty 29
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Dynasty 30
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Dynasty 31
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Capital Cities
26th Dynasty’s Capital City was Sais, click on the Image to learn more about this Capital City
29th Dynasty’s Capital City was at Mendes or Djedet Mendes, click on the Image to visit
Dynasty 30 had their Capital City at Sebennytos, also known as the “City of the Sacred Calf”, click on the Image to visit
For nearly the whole Late Period the Religious Capital City remained at Thebes, click on the Image to learn more
The Pharaohs
To learn about the Pharaohs of the 26th Dynasty, click on the Image
To learn about the Pharaohs of the 27th and the 28th Dynastys, click on the Image
To learn about the Pharaohs of the 29th Dynasty, click on the Image
To learn about the Pharaohs of the 30th Dynasty, click on the Image
