Necho II (sometimes
Nekau,
Neku,
Nechoh, or
Nikuu; Greek: Νεχώς Β' or Νεχώ Β') of
Egypt was a king of the
26th Dynasty (c. 610 BC – c. 595 BC). Necho undertook a number of construction projects across his kingdom. In his reign, according to the
Greek historian
Herodotus (4.42), Necho II sent out an expedition of Phoenicians, which in three years sailed from the
Red Sea around
Africa to the mouth of the
Nile. His son,
Psammetichus II, upon succession may have removed Necho's name from monuments.