caption dynasty predecessor successor role image article_title name reign
pinedjem from his book of the dead . ii as theban high priest of amun . concurrent with the 21st dynasty smendes ii psusennes iii high priest of amun pinudjem-ii . jpg pinedjem ii
 pinedjem ii 990 & ndash ; 976 bc
pinedjem ii

pinedjem ii was a high priest of amun at thebes in ancient egypt from 990 bc to 969 bc and was the `` de facto '' ruler of the south of the country .
he was married to his sister isetemkheb d -lrb- both children of menkheperre , the high priest of amun at thebes , by isetemkheb -rrb- and also to his niece nesikhons , the daughter of his brother smendes ii .
he succeeded smendes ii , who had a short rule .
his children by isetemkheb d were : psusennes ii harweben , a chantress of amun ; buried at bab el-gasus -lrb- ? -rrb-
henuttawy , god 's wife of amun by neskhons he had four children : two sons , tjanefer and masaharta , and two daughters , itawy and nesitanebetashru .
when pinedjem ii died , his mummy , along with those of his wives and at least one daughter , nesitanebetashru , were interred in tomb db320 at deir el-bahri , above the mortuary temple of hatshepsut .
subsequently , the mummies of other previous theban-based rulers , including the much earlier 18th - and 19th-dynasty pharaohs ahmose i , amenhotep i , thutmose i , thutmose ii , thutmose iii , ramesses i , seti i , ramesses ii , and ramesses ix were gathered together and also laid in this tomb , which was revealed in 1881 .
this was done to prevent their remains from being robbed as their graves have been looted by many ancient tomb raiders .
