Piye

This article is about the Kushite king. For the indigenous leader in the Amazon Delta, see Piyé (indigenous leader).

Piye
Pānkhi, Piankhy, Piānkhi, Paiānkhi, Paānkhi
Drawing of the upper part of the Stele of Piye. The lunette on the top depicts Piye being tributed by various Lower Egypt rulers, and the text describes his successful invasion of Egypt. While the stele itself dates back to Piye's reign in the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, it also describes events from the Twenty-third Dynasty.
Pharaoh
Reign	744–714 BC
Predecessor	Kashta
Successor	Shebitku
Royal titulary Horus name Zematawy Nebty name Mes-hemut Golden Horus Sasha-qenu Prenomen Usimare Nomen Piy
Consort	Tabiry, Abar, Khensa, Peksater
Children	Shebitku Taharqa Shepenupet II Qalhata Arty Tabekenamun Naparaye Takahatenamun Har Khaliut
Father	Kashta
Mother	possibly Pebatjma
Burial	El-Kurru
Monuments	Stelae at Jebel Barkal, enlargement of Temple of Amun, Jebel Barkal, Pyramid at El-Kurru
Dynasty	25th Dynasty

Piye (also interpreted as Pānkhi, Piankhy, Paiānkhi, Piānkhi, or Paānkhi) was an ancient Kushite king and founder of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled Egypt during 744–714 BC. He ruled from the city of Napata, located deep in Nubia, modern-day Sudan.