The successor of Taharqa was =Tanuath Ȧmen=, the Tandamanie of the cuneiform inscriptions, who had been co-regent with him. After the death of Taharqa, as the result of a dream Tanuath Ȧmen invaded Egypt, and captured Heliopolis; he tried to turn the Assyrians out of Memphis, but failed. Hearing that the king of Assyria was coming with a large army, he fled to Thebes, whither he was followed by the Assyrians, who sacked the city. Tanuath-Ȧmen fled once more, and his subsequent history is unknown. A cast of the =Stele of the Dream= is exhibited in Bay 22, No. =799=, and an account of the burning and pillage of Thebes is given on the great =cylinder of Ashur-bani-pal= (Table-case H, Babylonian Room), and the calamities which came upon the city are described by the prophet Nahum (iii, 10). Twenty-Sixth Dynasty. From Saïs. _About_ B.C. 666. =Psemthek I=, or =Psammetichus=, was the son of Nekau, governor of Saïs, and married Shep-en-Ȧpt, the daughter of Piānkhi and Ȧmenȧrṭās I. Thus, by marriage, he obtained a claim to the throne of Egypt. He appears to have fought against the Assyrians on every opportunity for many years, and at length by the help of Carian and Ionian mercenaries he succeeded in expelling them, and in making himself master of all Egypt. He established garrisons at Elephantine, Pelusium, Daphnae, and Marea. He protected the Greeks, a colony of whom he settled in the city of Naukratis. He encouraged trade of every kind, and embarked in many commercial enterprises. He rebuilt, or enlarged, the temple of the goddess =Neith of Saïs= (see bronze figures of her in Wall-case 125, Fourth Egyptian Room), and built a gallery in the =Serapeum= at Ṣaḳḳârah. Among the monuments of his reign are: An =intercolumnar slab= sculptured with a scene representing the king making an offering to the gods; from the temple of Temu at Rosetta (Bay 24, No. =800=). A shaft of a column, and a portion of a statue, inscribed with his names and titles (Bay 24, Nos. =801=, =802=). For smaller objects inscribed with his name see the =Foundation Deposits= and the =figure of Isis= (Table-cases K and H, Third Egyptian Room), his =ushabti figure= (Wall-case 78, Second Egyptian Room), and his =scarabs= (Table-case D, Fourth Egyptian Room). [Sidenote: B.C. 612.]