id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7595 Psamtik III - Wikipedia .html text/html 1651 412 77 Psamtik III Wikipedia Psamtik III (also spelled Psammetichus, Psammeticus, or Psammenitus, from Greek Ψαμμήτιχος or Ψαμμήνιτος) was the last Pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt from 526 BC to 525 BC. Herodotus states that Psamtik had ruled Egypt for only six months before he was confronted by a Persian invasion of his country led by King Cambyses II of Persia.[1] Psamtik was subsequently defeated at the Battle of Pelusium, and fled to Memphis where he was captured. Psamtik III was the son of the pharaoh Amasis II and one of his wives, Queen Tentkheta. Psamtik's captivity and subsequent execution are described in The Histories by Herodotus, Book III, sections 14 and 15. ^ The Histories, by Herodotus, Book III.15, Penguin Classics ^ The Histories, by Herodotus, Book III.15, Penguin Classics Neferkare III Neby Intef III Mentuhotep III Sobekhotep III Psamtik III Psamtik III Psamtik III Ptolemy III Euergetes ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7595.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7595.txt