|Pharaoh of Egypt| |Reign||752–721 BC, 25th Dynasty|
|Consort(s)||Tabiry, Abar, Khensa, Peksater| |Children||Pharaoh
Taharqa, God's Wife Shepenupet II, Queen Qalhata, Queen Arty ,
Queen Tabekenamun, Queen Naparaye, Queen Takahatenamun, Har,
Khaliut| |Mother||Possibly Queen Pebatjma| |Monuments||Stelae at
Gebel Barkal| Piye (once transliterated as Piankhi; d. 721 BC)
was a Kushite king and founder of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of
Egypt who ruled Egypt from 753/752 BCE to c.722 BCE according to
the most recent academic research by Rolf Krauss and David
Warburton. He ruled from the city of Napata, located deep in
Nubia, modern day Sudan. His predecessor as king of Kush,
Kashta, almost certainly exercised a strong degree of influence
over Thebes prior to Piye's accession since Kashta managed to
have his daughter, Amenirdis I, adopted as the Heiress to the
serving God's Wife of Amun, Shepenupet I, prior to the end of
his reign. Piye is known to have had several children. He was
the father of: - King Shebitku. Said t