Piye
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Piye 🇸🇩

بعنخي (بيي) (Known as "Piye")
Founder of the 25th 'Black Pharaohs' Dynasty of Egypt, Conqueror of the Nile
Born c. 770 BCE 🇸🇩 Napata, Sudan
Passed Away 716 BCE el-Kurru, Sudan
Lifespan ~54 years old
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"I do not make war for slaughter or plunder; I come that the temples of Amun may be cleansed and truth restored to the land."

Archival Overview

Kushite King of Napata who conquered all of Egypt in 728 BCE, founded the 25th Dynasty of 'Black Pharaohs', and recorded his epic triumph on the celebrated Victory Stela of Gebel Barkal.

Biographical Record

Piye was the son of King Kashta. When northern Egyptian prince Tefnakht threatened Thebes, Piye mobilized the veteran Kushite army from Napata, marching north along the Nile in a holy crusade to restore religious piety and order to Egypt.

Piye besieged and captured Memphis, receiving the submission of all northern Delta princes while strictly forbidding the looting of temples and showing compassion to defeated rivals. Returning triumphantly to his Sudanese capital Napata with immense tribute, he erected the famous 159-line 'Victory Stela' at Gebel Barkal and was buried with his beloved royal horses at el-Kurru.

Key Life Milestones

728 BCE

Conquest of Memphis and All Egypt

Unified the entire Nile valley from Khartoum to the Mediterranean under Kushite pharaonic rule.

720 BCE

Erection of the Victory Stela at Gebel Barkal

Inscribed the greatest military and literary triumphal stela of the first millennium BCE.

728 BCE

Conquest of Memphis and All Egypt

Unified the entire Nile valley from Khartoum to the Mediterranean under Kushite pharaonic rule.

720 BCE

Erection of the Victory Stela at Gebel Barkal

Inscribed the greatest military and literary triumphal stela of the first millennium BCE.

728 BCE

Conquest of Memphis and All Egypt

Unified the entire Nile valley from Khartoum to the Mediterranean under Kushite pharaonic rule.

720 BCE

Erection of the Victory Stela at Gebel Barkal

Inscribed the greatest military and literary triumphal stela of the first millennium BCE.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Royal Pyramid of Piye (Ku. 1)
el-Kurru, Sudan
GPS: 18.4117, 31.7708
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