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880 BC
This article concerns the period 889 BC – 880 BC. Events and trends * 887 BC— Soshenq II succeeds Osorkon I as king of Egypt. *885 BC— Takelot I succeeds Soshenq II as king of Egypt. *885 BC— King Yi of Zhou, son of King Yih, is restored to the throne. *885 BC— Zimri king of Israel assasinates Elah and rules for 7 days. After suiciding, The people picks Omri as their king while others pick Tibni. * 883 BC—Ashurnasirpal II succeeds his father Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of Assyria. * 881 BC—Tibni the son of Ginath dies and Omri succeeds him. * 880 BC—Ashurnasirpal moves the Assyrian royal capital to Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq). Human-headed winged lion ( lamassu) gateway supports from the palace date from this period to 859 BC.Examples in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and British Museum, London. Significant people * Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria, is born (approximate date). * Ahaziah, king of Israel, is born (approximate date). * Jehoram Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoshenq II
Heqakheperre Shoshenq II or Shoshenq IIa was a pharaoh of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt. He was the only ruler of this dynasty whose tomb was not plundered by tomb robbers. His final resting place was discovered within an antechamber of Psusennes I's tomb at Tanis by Pierre Montet in 1939. Montet removed the coffin lid of Shoshenq II on March 20, 1939, in the presence of king Farouk of Egypt himself. It proved to contain many jewel-encrusted bracelets and pectorals, along with a beautiful hawkheaded silver coffin and a gold funerary mask. The facemask had been placed upon the head of the king. Montet later discovered the intact tombs of two Twenty-first Dynasty kings (Psusennes I and Amenemope) a year later in February and April 1940 respectively. Shoshenq II's prenomen, Heqakheperre Setepenre, means "The manifestation of Ra rules, the chosen one of Ra." Shoshenq II's enigmatic identity There is a small possibility that Shoshenq II was the son of Shoshenq I. Two bracelets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
