During the years of 672-525BC powerful kings from Sais reunfied Kemet and ushered in the Saite (26th) dynasty. A series of invasions from Assyria brought an end to the division of Kemet by allowing Psamtek-I to establish himself as the sole king of a reunified country.

The Saite kings re-established the traditions of pharonic and provincial authority with families of hereditary claims. Psamtek-I capaigned against Babylon in 616BC and his son Neko-II conducted three campaigns against Babylon during 610-605BC. The destruction of pharaonic influence in Syria and Palestine promised Babylonian domination and so invasions of Kemet were launched in 601BC by king Neburchadrezzar against Kemet under the kingship of Neko-II and and again in 581BC against king Apries. Saite Kemet howerver was to prove a more than capable match for Babylon and both invasions were quickly and decisively repelled. KIng Apries began sponsoring foreign dissent against Babylon and committed his support to a Judaen revolt in 589BC. Between 574-570BC king Apries occupied the ports of Tyre, Sidon and (briefly) Cyprus.

In 570BC Apries sent an army to help king Adrikan of Kyrene but was badly defeated by Greek armies. This misjudgement by king Apries subsequently cost him his throne. Apries was deposed in favor of the general, Amasis. This turn of events allowed Babylon to meddle with the internal politics of Kemet. Apries was received at Nebuchadrezzar's court and returned to Kemet with the support of the Babylonian army. Amasis led the army of Kemet and defeated the Babylonian invaders led by the deposed king Apries. During the battle king Apries was killed and Kemet was now set on a path of anti-Babylonian. In Kemets own self interest she strengthened ties with Greek city states.

Kemet was now faced wth a new expansionst regine, Persia. In 538BC Babylon fell to the new military superpower and king Amasis was obligated to focus on alleviating this new threat. In 526BC after the death of Amasis, Persian armies attacked Kemet which was now under the rule of Psamtek-III, Amasis son. The persian king Cambyses defeated the armies of king Psamtek-III which was executed and governors were appointed to administer Kemet as a province of Cambyses empire. Cambyses revived the city of Sais and refounded colleges for the priests of Sais.

Persia ruled Kemet until 414BC when again the ruling house of Sais emerged as the champions of Kemet. King Nektanebo-I ushered in the 30th Dynasty but Kemet was constantly overshadowed by the spectre of Persian invasian. The invasion became a reality during the reign of Nektanebo-I and again during the reign of king Nektanebo-II. The prohibitive cost of constantly financing war preparations undermined the administration of Kemet and could offer little resistance to an invasion by the armies of Artaxerxes-III of Persia. Independence of Kemet was no longer in the hands of her own people although some influence was retained in the delta. Deliverance from the hated Persians came in the form of another conqueror, Alexander the Great.

26th Dynasty Kings (Saite Dynasty)
Name	Nomen & Pronomen	Dates
Neko I	Unknown	672-664 BC
Psamtek I	Wahibre Psammetikhos	664-610 BC
Neko II	Wehemibre Neko	610-595 BC
Psamtek II	Neferibre Psammetikhos	595-589 BC
Apries	Ha'aibre Wahbre	589-570 BC
Amasis	Khnemibre Ahmose-Si-Neit	570-526 BC
Psamtek III	Ankhkaenre Psammetikhos	526-525 BC

Sais is the center of worship for the goddess Neith, Net or Nit. Neith is the female counterpart of Tem and mother of the crocodile god Sobek. Neith is portraied as a woman wearing the crown of lower Kemet and holding a bow and arrows. Neith is also portraied as a woman with the sign of weaving on her head. At times she appears as a cow which gave birth to Ra and is addressed as "the mistress of all gods, who came into being in the beginning". Still at other times she is seen as a woman with a crocodile sucking at each breast. The oldest and most characteristic symbols of the goddess were two arrows and a shield of which they became not only the recognized emblems of Neith herself but also of the city of Sais.

Neith was addressed as "Opener of the Ways" and therefor associated with Anubis. Neith as the female counterpart of Tem was called "great lady, the mother goddess, the lady of heaven, the queen of the gods". Neith also claimed to be self produced who was "brought fourth in primeval time herself, never having been created". She is also credited with resolving the conflict between Horus and Seth when they deferred to her great wisdom in this matter. Neith sent a letter to the Company as follows:

"Give the office of Osiris to his son Horus! Do not go on committing these great wrongs, which are not in place, or I will get angry and the sky will topple to the ground. But also tell the Lord of All, the Bull who lives in Heliopolis, to double Set's property. Give him Anath and Astarte, your two daughters, and put Horus in the place of his father".

Many scarabs have been found with the name of Neith inscribed on them and so a close relation must be assumed with Khepera. At the temple of Khnum and Nit at Esna many depictions of Nit along with the lates-fish (sacred to her cult) are shown.