Ankhmakis

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Ankhmakis (Ankmachis or Chaonnophris) followed Hugronaphor as king of Upper Egypt during the rebellion against the Ptolemies of 205-186 BC, which at times was in control of 80% of the country.

He succeeded to the throne in 199, or thereabouts, and managed to win back much of the country. He held Lykopolis in 197 but was later forced to withdraw to Thebes. The war between North and South continued until 185 BCE with his arrest by Ptolemaic General Conanus. The Rosetta Stone was carved in a gesture of thanks to the priests for helping to take him down.

Little is known about the details of his reign as most of records thereof were destroyed.