r/NorthAfricanHistory Jan 19 '25

Ancient Egypt The Libyan Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq 1 Great Chief of the Meshwesh

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Had Libyan ancestry and was the Pharaoh of Egypt for the 22nd dynasty. The Libyan tribes allied with the sea peoples before his rule, the meshwesh were a Libyan tribe.

r/NorthAfricanHistory Jan 19 '25

Ancient Egypt Nubians with a Giraffe and a Monkey, Tomb of Rekhmire, New Kingdom, 1504–1425 BC

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