Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt | |||||||||
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| 837 BC–728 BC | |||||||||
 Flask of Rudamun | |||||||||
| Capital | Thebes, Herakleopolis | ||||||||
| Common languages | Egyptian language | ||||||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian Religion | ||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Third Intermediate Period of Egypt | ||||||||
• Established | 837 BC | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 728 BC | ||||||||
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The Twenty-third Dynasty was an Ancient Egyptian dynasty of ancient Libyan origin which is usually classified as the third dynasty of the ancient Egyptian Third Intermediate Period. This dynasty consisted of a number of Meshwesh kings, who ruled either as pharaohs or as independent kings of parts of Upper Egypt from 880 BC to 720 BC, and pharaohs from 837 BC to 728 BC.[1]
- ^ The Libyan Anarchy: Inscriptions from Egypt's Third Intermediate Period. Society of Biblical Lit. 2009. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-58983-174-2.