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Osorkon I

Type Figure Region Egypt Time c. -950–-887 Also known as Osorkon I、Osorkon the Elder

Osorkon I was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Twenty-second Dynasty, reigning c. 922–887 BCE, son of Shoshenq I.…

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  1. c. -922–-905Tanis · Nile DeltaAcceded after Shoshenq I, continuing the Libyan dynasty's rule in the Delta and consolidating royal control over the middle and lower Nile.
  2. c. -905–-887Thebes · Upper EgyptMade large donations to the Temple of Amun at Karnak, with inscriptions recording lists of offerings, while appointing his sons to high provincial offices, planting the seeds of later division.

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