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Necho II
★Also known as: Nekao II
Attempted to build a canal from the Nile to the Red Sea; his fleet circumnavigated Africa.
Reign
610 BC–595 BC
610 BC – 595 BC
Dynasty
Twenty-sixth Dynasty
Period
Late Period
c. 664 BC – 332 BC
Alternate Names
Nekao II
Royal name hieroglyphs not yet documented for this ruler.