Achaemenid Egypt

Amyrtaeus of Sais ( , a Hellenization of the original Egyptian name Amenirdisu) is the only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt and is thought to be related to the royal family of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty (664–525 BC). He ended the first Persian occupation of Egypt (i.e. the Twenty-seventh Dynasty: 525–404 BC) and reigned from 404 BC to 399 BC. Amyrtaeus' successful insurrection inaugurated Egypt's last significant phase of independence under native sovereigns, which lasted for about 60 years until the Persians conquered the country again.

first Achaemenid rule on Egypt (525–404 BC)

second and last Achaemenid rule on Egypt (343–332 BC)

Persian satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia from 413 to 374 BC

Fortification located in Coptic Cairo, Egypt

Forerunner of the Suez Canal

aspect of history

524 BC disappearance of a Persian army

conquest of Egypt by the Persian Achaemenid Empire (525 BCE)

relief, archaeological artifact