Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt | |||||||||
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837 BC–728 BC | |||||||||
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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 of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXIII, alternatively 23rd Dynasty or Dynasty 23) 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.