Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt
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| Dynasties of Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt |
| Predynastic Egypt |
| Protodynastic Period |
| Early Dynastic Period |
| 1st 2nd |
| Old Kingdom |
| 3rd 4th 5th 6th |
| First Intermediate Period |
| 7th 8th 9th 10th |
| 11th (Thebes only) |
| Middle Kingdom |
| 11th (All Egypt) |
| 12th 13th 14th |
| Second Intermediate Period |
| 15th 16th 17th |
| New Kingdom |
| 18th 19th 20th |
| Third Intermediate Period |
| 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th |
| First Persian Period |
| Late Period |
| 28th 29th 30th |
| Second Persian Period |
| Macedonian-Roman Period |
| Alexander the Great |
| Ptolemaic Dynasty |
| Roman Egypt |
| Arab Conquest |
The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period.
[edit] Rulers
The known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Twenty-Second Dynasty are as follows:
| Name | Comments | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Shoshenq I | probably the biblical Shishaq | 943 – 922 BC |
| Osorkon I | 922 – 887 BC | |
| Shoshenq II | enjoyed an independent reign of 2 Years at Tanis according to Von Beckerath | 887 – 885 BC |
| Takelot I | 885 – 872 BC | |
| Harsiese A | an independent king at Thebes who ruled during Takelot I's and Osorkon II's reigns | 880 – 860 BC |
| Osorkon II | an ally of Israel who fought Shalmaneser III of Assyria at the battle of Qarqar in 853 BC. | 872 – 837 BC |
| Shoshenq III | 837 – 798 BC | |
| Shoshenq (IV)"quartus" | not to be confused with Shoshenq VI – the original Shoshenq IV in publications before 1993 | 798 – 785 BC |
| Pami | buried two Apis bulls in his reign | 785 – 778 BC |
| Shoshenq V | 778 – 740 BC | |
| Osorkon IV | ruled concurrently from the eastern Delta with Tefnakhte of Sais and Iuput II of Leontopolis | 740 – 720 BC |
The kings of the Twenty-Second Dynasty of Egypt were a series of Meshwesh Libyans who ruled from circa 943 BC until 720 BC. They had settled in Egypt since the Twentieth Dynasty. Manetho states that the dynasty originated at Bubastis, but the kings almost certainly ruled from Tanis, which was their capital and the city where their tombs have been excavated.
Another king who belongs to this group is Tutkheperre Shoshenq, whose precise position in this dynasty is currently uncertain although he is now thought to have ruled Egypt early in the 9th century BC for a short time. The so-called Twenty-Third Dynasty was an offshoot of this dynasty perhaps based in Upper Egypt, though there is much debate concerning this issue. All of its kings reigned in Middle and Upper Egypt including the Western Desert Oases.
