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Ankhkaenre Psammetichus III ('''Psamtik''' III) was the last Pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt from 526 BC – 525 BC . He was defeated by King Cambyses II Of Persia at Pelusium , carried to Susa in chains, and executed.

In book III of '' The History '' by Herodotus , Psammetichus's daughter had been enslaved, his son given a death sentence, and a companion was turned into a beggar. They were all brought before him to test his reaction, and he only became upset over seeing the state of the beggar. Psammetichus was spared, however his son was cut to pieces. After a while Psammetichus began plotting a rebellion, and so he was forced to drink bull's blood, causing his death.