Shoshenq II
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Heqakheperre Shoshenq II or Shoshenq IIa[1] 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.[2] It proved to contain many jewel-encrusted bracelets and pectorals, along with a beautiful hawkheaded silver coffin and a gold funerary mask.[3] The facemask had been placed upon the head of the king.[4] 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."[5]
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Reign | 887–885 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Osorkon I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Successor | Takelot I (most likely) or Tutkheperre Shoshenq? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Consort | Nesitanebetashru, Nesitaudjatakhet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 885 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Burial | Tanis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dynasty | 22nd Dynasty |