Conventional Egyptian chronology

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Egyptian chronology

The creation of a reliable Chronology of Ancient Egypt is a task fraught with problems. While the overwhelming majority of Egyptologists agree on the outline and many of the details of a common chronology, disagreements either individually or in groups have resulted in a variety of dates offered for rulers and events....
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List of pharaohs

This article contains a list of the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, from the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt before 3000 BC through to the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty, when Egypt became a province of Ancient Rome under Augustus Caesar in 30 BC....
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The creation of a reliable Chronology of Ancient Egypt is a task fraught with problems. While the overwhelming majority of Egyptologists agree on the outline and many of the details of a common chronology, disagreements either individually or in groups have resulted in a variety of dates offered for rulers and events....
. For a similar list, see List of Pharaohs

List of pharaohs

This article contains a list of the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, from the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt before 3000 BC through to the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty, when Egypt became a province of Ancient Rome under Augustus Caesar in 30 BC....
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Introduction

Protodynastic Period

Protodynastic Period of Egypt

The Protodynastic Period of Egypt refers to the period of time at the very end of the Predynastic Period of Egypt. It is equivalent to the archaeological phase known as Naqada III....
 

Dynasty 0

Protodynastic Period of Egypt

The Protodynastic Period of Egypt refers to the period of time at the very end of the Predynastic Period of Egypt. It is equivalent to the archaeological phase known as Naqada III....
 circa 3100–2920

Early Dynastic Period

Early Dynastic Period of Egypt

The Archaic or Early Dynastic Period of Egypt immediately follows the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt c. 3150 BC. It is generally taken to include the First dynasty of Egypt and Second dynasty of Egypt Dynasties, lasting from the Protodynastic Period of Egypt until 2686 BC, or the beginning of the Old Kingdom....
 

1st Dynasty

First dynasty of Egypt

The first dynasty of Ancient Egypt is often combined with the Second dynasty of Egypt under the group title, Early Dynastic Period of Egypt. At that time the capital was Thinis....
 2920-2770

2nd Dynasty

Second dynasty of Egypt

The Second Dynasty of ancient Egypt is often combined with the First dynasty of Egypt under the group title, Early Dynastic Period of Egypt. The capital at that time was Thinis....
 2770-2650

Old Kingdom

3rd Dynasty

Third dynasty of Egypt

Third Dynasty The Third Dynasty of ancient Egypt is the first dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Other dynasties of the Old Kingdom include the Fourth dynasty of Egypt, Fifth dynasty of Egypt and Sixth dynasty of Egypt....

• Zanakht
  Sanakhte
  
  Sanakht, generally identified with the Nebka of much later king lists, was probably either the first or second pharaoh of the Third dynasty of Egypt of Ancient Egypt....
   (Nebka?) 2649-2630
• Djoser
  Djoser
  
  Netjerikhet or Djoser is the best-known pharaoh of the Third dynasty of Egypt. He commissioned his official, Imhotep , to build the first of the pyramids, a step pyramid for him at Saqqara....
   (Netjerkhet) 2630-2611
• Sekhemkhet
  Sekhemkhet
  
  Sekhemkhet was a Pharaoh in Egypt during the Third dynasty of Egypt. According to the Manethonian tradition, a king known as Tyris reigned for a relatively brief period of seven years, and modern scholars believe Djoserty and Sekhemkhet are the same person....
   2611-2603
• Khaba
  Khaba
  
  Khaba was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom and is generally considered to have reigned near the end of the Third dynasty of Egypt. He is thought to be the successor to Sekhemkhet....
   2603-2599
• Huni
  Huni
  
  Huni was the last Pharaoh of Egypt of the Third dynasty of Egypt. He established a fortress on the island of Elephantine, securing the southern border of Egypt at the Cataracts of the Nile....
   (Horus Qahedjet?) 2599-2575

4th Dynasty

Fourth dynasty of Egypt

The Fourth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, also written Dynasty 4 and Dynasty IV, is characterized as a golden age of the Old Kingdom....

• Sneferu
  Sneferu
  
  Sneferu, also spelled as Snefru or Snofru , was the founder of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt, reigning from around 2613 BC to 2589 BC....
   2575-2551
• Khufu
  Khufu
  
  Khufu was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom. He reigned from around 2589 to 2566 B.C. Khufu was the second pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt....
   (Cheops) 2551-2528
• Kawab
• Djedefre
  Djedefra
  
  The Ancient Egypt pharaoh Djedefre was the successor and son of Khufu . The mother of Djedefre is unknown. His name means "Enduring like Ra." Djedefre was the first king to use the title Fivefold Titulary#Son of Ra as part of his Fivefold Titulary, which is seen as an indication of the growing popularity of the cult of the solar god Ra....
   2528-2520
• Khafre
  Khafra
  
  Khafra or Khafre *?a?af-ri?u) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt, who had his capital at Memphis, Egypt. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefra was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefra's....
   (Chephren) 2520-2494
• Bakare (Bikheris in later Greek-language sources)
• Menkaure
  Menkaura
  
  Menkaura was a pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt who ordered the construction of Menkaure's Pyramid. His main queen was Khamerernebty II....
   (Mycerinus) 2490-2472
• Shepseskaf
  Shepseskaf
  
  Shepseskaf was a son of Menkaure who succeeded his father on the throne. Shepseskaf's name means "His Soul is Noble." He was likely the last Egyptian Pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt if he was not succeeded by a certain unknown ruler named Djedefptah as recorded in some Egyptian literature and, indirectly, by the Turin Canon....
   2472-2467
• Djedefptah
  Djedefptah
  
  Djedefptah is a shadowy figure, whose existence is questionable. Shepseskaf is usually considered to be the last pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt....
   (Thampthis in later Greek-language sources)

5th Dynasty

Fifth dynasty of Egypt

The Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Old Kingdom....

• Userkaf
  Userkaf
  
  Userkaf was the founder of the Fifth dynasty of Egypt and the first pharaoh to start the tradition of building sun temples at Abusir.. Userkaf's name means "his Egyptian soul is powerful." He ruled from 2465-2458 BC and constructed the Pyramid of Userkaf complex at Saqqara....
   2465-2458
• Sahure
  Sahure
  
  Sahure was the second king of ancient Egypt's Fifth dynasty of Egypt. He was a son of queen Neferhetepes, as shown in scenes from the causeway of Sahure's pyramid complex in Abusir.....
   2458-2446
• Neferirkare Kakai
  Neferirkare Kakai
  
  Neferirkare Kakai was the third Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty of Egypt. His prenomen, Neferirkare, means "Beautiful is the Soul of Ra." His Horus name was Userkhau, his Golden Horus name Sekhemunebu and his Nebti name Khaiemnebty....
   2446-2426
• Shepseskare Isi
  Shepseskare Isi
  
  Shepseskare Isi, also spelt Shepseskare, , was a Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty of Egypt, who is thought to have reigned from around 2426 BC – 2419 BC....
   2426-2419
• Neferefre
  Neferefre
  
  Neferefre was a Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty of Egypt. His name means "Beautiful is Ra" in Egyptian language. A significant cache of administrative papyri–comparable in size to those found in the temple of Neferirkare–was discovered at Abusir by a 1982 University of Prague Egyptological Institute excavation from a st...
   2419-2416
• Nyuserre Ini
  Nyuserre Ini
  
  Nyuserre Ini, also spelt as Neuserre Izi or Niuserre Isi and sometimes Nyuserra , was a Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty of Egypt....
   2416-2392
• Menkauhor Kaiu
  Menkauhor Kaiu
  
  Menkauhor Kaiu, , was a Pharaoh of the Fifth dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. His royal name or prenomen, Menkauhor, means as "Eternal are the Souls of Ra." The Turin King List assigns him 8 years of rule....
   2396-2388
• Djedkare Izezi
  Djedkare Isesi
  
  Djedkare Isesi in Greek language known as Tancheres from Manetho's Aegyptiaca, was a Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty of Egypt....
   2388-2356
• Unas
  Unas
  
  Unas was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, and the last ruler of the Fifth dynasty of Egypt from the Old Kingdom. His reign has been dated as falling between 2375 BC and 2345 BC....
   (Wenis) 2356-2323

6th Dynasty

Sixth dynasty of Egypt

The Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Dynasties of History of Egypt are often combined under the title "Old Kingdom"....

• Teti
  Teti
  
  Teti was the first Pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. He is also less commonly known as Othoes. He reigned from around 2345 to 2333 BC and is buried at Saqqara, however the exact length of his reign has been destroyed on the Turin King List, but is believed to have been about twenty years....
   2323-2291
• Userkare
  Userkare
  
  Userkare was the second king of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. He is generally seen as one of the leaders who opposed his predecessor, Teti's royal line and was most likely an usurper to the throne....
   2291-2289
• Pepi I Meryre
  Pepi I Meryre
  
  Pepi I Meryre was the third king of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. His first throne name was Neferdjahor which the king later altered to Meryre meaning "beloved of R?."...
   2289-2255
• Merenre Nemtyemsaf I
  Merenre Nemtyemsaf I
  
  Merenre Nemtyemsaf I was the fourth king of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. His nomen, theophorically referring to Nemty, was formerly read as Antyemsaf, a reading now known to be incorrect....
   2255-2246
• Pepi II Neferkare
  Pepi II Neferkare
  
  Pepi II was a pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt in Egypt's Old Kingdom. His throne name, Neferkare , means "Beautiful is the Egyptian soul of Ra"....
   2246-2152
• Merenre Nemtyemsaf II
  Merenre Nemtyemsaf II
  
  Merenre Nemtyemsaef II was briefly Pharaoh, likely succeeding his long-lived father Pepi II Neferkare. The Turin King List says that Merenre reigned for only a year, after succeeding his father Pepi II Neferkare....
   2152-
• Neitiqerty Siptah
  Neitiqerty Siptah
  
  The Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, Neitiqerty Siptah is an obscure successor to Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, towards the end of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt....
  /Nitiqreti
  Nitocris
  
  Nitocris has been claimed to have been the last pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. Her name is found in the Histories of Herodotus and writings of Manetho but her historicity is questionable....
  

7th Dynasty 2150-2134

In the kinglist summaries from the third century BC historian Manetho

Manetho

Manetho was an Egyptian historian and priest from Sebennytos who lived during the Ptolemaic dynasty, ca. 3rd century BC. Manetho wrote the Aegyptiaca ....
, this is a group of 70 kings ruling 70 days: there is no evidence for this - it may be a later literary metaphor for chaos at the end of the Sixth Dynasty, chaos for which there is also no direct contemporary evidence. Budge, in The Nile (Thos. Cook and Sons, Egypt, 1902) lists VII, VIII, from Memphis IX and X from Herakleopolis together giving the cartouches. Baines and Ma'lik give the dates 7th/8th.

8th Dynasty

• Netjerikare
  Netjerkare
  
  Netjerkare may have been a king during the First Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt. His existence is only clearly attested on the Abydos King List, where he occupies the 40th registry, as the successor to Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, skipping over the female king Nitocris....
  
• Menkare
  Menkare
  
  Menkare may have been a king of the First Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt. He is entirely unattested outside of the Abydos King List....
  
• Neferkare
  Neferkare II
  
  Neferkare II may have been a seventh dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is only attested on the Abydos King List, however J....
  
• Neferkare Neby
  Neferkare Neby
  
  Neferkare Neby may have been a king of the Seventh Dynasty of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is clearly attested on the Abydos King List, and unlike other kings of this period, is attested in two other sources....
  
• Djedkare Shemai
  Djedkare Shemai
  
  Djedkare Shemai may have been a seventh dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is only attested on the Abydos King List....
  
• Neferkare Khendu
  Neferkare Khendu
  
  Neferkare Khendu may have been a seventh dynasty king of Ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is only attested on the Abydos King List....
  
• Merenhor
  Merenhor
  
  Merenhor may have been a seventh dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is only attested on the Abydos King List....
  
• Neferkamin
  Neferkamin
  
  Neferkamin may have been a seventh dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His throne name Sneferka is attested on the Abydos King List, however he also appears on a tablet in the British Museum with the name "Neferkamin"....
  
• Nikare
  Nikare
  
  Nikare may have been a seventh dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is only attested on the Abydos King List....
  
• Neferkare Tereru
  Neferkare Tereru
  
  Neferkare Tereru may have been a seventh dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is only attested on the Abydos King List....
  
• Neferkahor
  Neferkahor
  
  Neferkahor may have been a seventh dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is only attested on the Abydos King List and on a cylinder seal....
  
• Neferkare Pepiseneb
  Neferkare Pepiseneb
  
  Neferkare Pepiseneb may have been an eighth dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is attested on the Abydos King List, and he is the first king since ntyiqrt to appear on the Turin Canon of Kings, which gives him the epithet, Shery, or The Younger. It is because of this strange absence that...
  
• Neferkamin Anu
  Neferkamin Anu
  
  Neferkamin Anu may have been an eighth dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is attested on the Abydos King List, and also in the Turin Canon of Kings....
  
• Qakare Ibi
  Qakare Ibi
  
  Qakare Ibi was an ancient Egyptian ruler of the Eighth dynasty of Egypt. Qa-ka-Re .His existence was established by the discovery of his small pyramid in South Saqqara which also continues the late Old Kingdom tradition of listing pyramid texts in his tomb....
  
• Neferkawre Kha...
  Neferkaure II
  
  Neferkaure II was an eighth dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is attested on the Abydos King List, and also in the Turin Canon of Kings, which attributes him a rule of four years and two months....
  
• Neferkawhor Khuwihap
  Neferkauhor
  
  Neferkauhor was an eighth dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is attested on the Abydos King List as the penultimate king of the Old kingdom, but not on the Turin Canon where his name is lost in a lacunae--although his reign length is preserved here....
  
• Neferirkare
  Neferirkare
  
  *For the better known Fifth dynasty pharaoh by this name, see Neferirkare KakaiNeferirkare was an Eighth dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period....
  

Kings with Unknown Position

• Sekhemkare
  Sekhemkare
  
  birth name: Amenemhat Senebefthrone name: Sekhemkare'Amenemhat V Sekhemkare was an Ancient Egypt Pharaoh of the Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt....
  
• Wadjkare
• Ity
• Iymhotep
• Hotep ...re
• Khui
  KHUI
  
  KHUI is an adult standards formatted station based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Salem Communications outlet broadcasts at 99.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100 kW....
  
• Isu
  ISU
  
  ISU may refer to:* ISU-152, ISU-122, Soviet self-propelled guns* International Skating Union* International Seamen's Union* International Stereoscopic Union...
  
• Iytjenu

First Intermediate Period 2134 - 2040

First Intermediate Period of Egypt

The First Intermediate Period, often described as a ?dark period? in ancient Egyptian history, spanned approximately three hundred years after the end of the Old Kingdom from ca....

9th

Ninth dynasty of Egypt

The Seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt, Seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt, 9th, Tenth dynasty of Egypt and Eleventh dynasty of Egypt List of Egyptian Dynasties are often combined under the group title, First Intermediate Period....
 and 10th

Tenth dynasty of Egypt

The Seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt, Seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt, Ninth dynasty of Egypt, 10th and Eleventh dynasty of Egypt List of Egyptian Dynasties are often combined under the group title, First Intermediate Period....
 Dynasties 2135-1986

• Khety I
• Neferkare
  Neferkare
  
  Neferkare is a common name amongst Ancient Egyptian kings in the First Intermediate Period, and can refer to the following* Neferkara I a king of either the Second Dynasty of Egypt or the Seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt...
  
• Khety II
• Senen...

• Khety III
• Khety IV
• Shed...y
• H...
• Wahkare Khety
• Se...re Khety
• Nebkawre Khety
• Meryibre Khety
• Merykare
  Merykare
  
  Merykare was a pharaoh in the Ninth dynasty of Egypt. His name is mentioned in the Turin King List....
  

11th Dynasty 2134-2040

Eleventh dynasty of Egypt

The Eleventh dynasty of ancient Egypt was one group of rulers, whose earlier members are grouped with the four preceding dynasties to form the First Intermediate Period, while the later members are considered part of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt....

• Montuhotep I
  Mentuhotep I
  
  Mentuhotep I was a local Egyptian prince at Thebes, Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. He became the first openly acknowledged ruler of the Eleventh dynasty of Egypt by assuming the modest title of first "supreme chief of Upper Egypt" and, later, declaring himself king over all Egypt....
   2080-2074
• Inytoyef I
  Intef I
  
  Intef I was a local Egyptian ruler at Thebes, Egypt, and a member of the Eleventh dynasty of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. He was the first of his dynasty to assume the title of Pharaoh, with the Horus name of Sehertawy, ....
   (Sehertawy) 2074-2064 (2134-2118)
• Inyotef II
  Intef II
  
  Intef II was a Pharaoh of the Eleventh dynasty of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His capital lay at Thebes, Egypt. At this time, Egypt was split between several local dynasties....
   (Wahankh) 2064-2015 (2118-2069)
• Inyotef III
  Intef III
  
  Intef III was a Pharaoh in Egypt of the Eleventh dynasty of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His Horus name was Nakjtnebtepnefer. He was buried in a saff-tomb at el-Tarif , and little is known about his deeds, but the fact that he restored a ruined tomb of a deified prince named Hekayeb at Aswan....
   (Nakhtnebtepnefer) 2015-2007 (2069-2061)
• Montuhotep II 2007-1986 (2061-2010)

Middle Kingdom 2040 - 1640

Middle Kingdom of Egypt

The middle kingdom is the period in the history of ancient Egypt stretching from the establishment of the Eleventh dynasty of Egypt to the end of the Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt, roughly between 2040 BC and 1640 BC....

11th Dynasty

Eleventh dynasty of Egypt

The Eleventh dynasty of ancient Egypt was one group of rulers, whose earlier members are grouped with the four preceding dynasties to form the First Intermediate Period, while the later members are considered part of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt....
 (continued)

In Dynasty 11 from Thebes the Antefs first appear.

Control of Egypt shifts from the Delta to Thebes and Red Sea connections to Nub.

• Erpa Antef (Erpa = hereditary prince)
• hrw (mn?)|
• hrw (Antef)|
• hrw (Antef)|
• hrw|
• Neter nefer (Antef)|
• nswbt Sa Ra Antef
• nswbt (Sa ra An naa)|
• nswbt (Nub xepher Ra)| sa ra (Antwf)|
• nswbt (kau ra)|
• nswbt (Aba hrw ipw apu Ma3t)| sa ra (Antuf)| supporter of Horus the messenger who loves truth
• nswbt (Aba rnpt ipwt Ma3t)| sa ra (Antfa)| youth of the messenger of truth son of the sun Antefa
• nswbt se nfr ra
• nswbt wsr s n ra
• nswbt neb nem Ra
• nswbt sa ra (mntu htp)|Montuhotep II (Nebhepetre) 2007-1986 (Ruled Lower Egypt.)
• nswbt (saRa mnt htp)|Montuhotep II (Nebhepetre) 1986-1956 (United Upper and Lower Egypt.)
• nswbt (neb htp ra)| sa ra (mnt htp)|Montuhotep III (Sankhkare) 1956-1944
• nswbt (neb t3w)| sa ra (mnt htp)| Montuhotep IV (Nebtawyre) 1944-1937
• nswbt (neb xeru)| sa ra (mnt htp)|
• nswbt (s ankh ka ra)|

Unknown Position

• Intef Qakare
• Iyibkhenetre
• Segersen

12th Dynasty 1991 1783

Twelfth dynasty of Egypt

The Eleventh , Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Middle Kingdom of Egypt....

• nswbt (shtp ab ra)| sa ra (amn m ht)|Amenemhat I
  Amenemhat I
  
  Amenemhat I, also Amenemhet I, was the first ruler of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt . He ruled from Twelfth dynasty of Egypt.Amenemhet I was not of royal lineage, and the composition of some literary works and, in architecture, the reversion to the pyramid-style complexes of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt rulers are often considered to...
   (Sehetepibre) 1937-1908 (1991-1962)
• nswbt (hpr ka ra)| sa ra (wsr srt sn)| Senuseret I
  Senusret I
  
  Senusret I was the second pharaoh of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt of Ancient Egypt. He ruled from 1971 BC to 1926 BC, and was one of the most powerful kings of this Dynasty....
   (Kheperkare) 1917-1872 (1971-1926)
• nswbt (nub kau ra)| sa ra (wsr srt sn)|Amenemhat II
  Amenemhat II
  
  Nubkhaure Amenemhat II was the third pharaoh of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt of Ancient Egypt, not much is known about his reign. He ruled Egypt for 35 years from 1929 BC to 1895 BC and was the son of Senusret I through the latter's chief wife, Queen Nefru....
   (Nubkaure) 1875-1840 (1929-1892)
• nswbt ( )|()| Senuseret II
  Senusret II
  
  Khakeperre Senusret II was the fourth pharaoh of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt of Ancient Egypt. He ruled from 1897 BC to 1878 BC. His pyramid was constructed at El-Lahun....
   (Khakheperre) 1842-1836 (1897-1878)
• nswbt ( )|()| Senuseret III
  Senusret III
  
  Khakhaure Senusret III was a pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. He ruled from 1878 BC to 1839 BC, and was the fifth monarch of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt....
   (Khakaure) 1836-1817 (1878-1841)
• nswbt (ma3t mht3 n ra)|sa ra(amn m ht)| Amenemhat III
  Amenemhat III
  
  Amenemhat III, also spelled Amenemhet III , was a pharaoh of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt of Ancient Egypt. He ruled from ca.1860 BC to ca.1814 BC, the latest known date being found in a papyrus dated to Regnal Year 46, I Akhet 22 of his rule....
   (Nimaartre) 1817-1772 (1844-1797)
• nswbt (ma3t mht3 n ra)|sa ra(amn m ht)| Amenemhat IV
  Amenemhat IV
  
  Amenemhat IV, alt. Amenemhet IV or Sobehneferu, was Pharaoh, likely ruling between ca. 1815 BC and ca. 1806 BC. He served first as the junior coregent of Amenemhat III and completed the latter's temple at Medinet Maadi, which is "the only intact temple still existing from the Middle Kingdom" according to Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General o...
   (Maakherure) 1772-1763 (1799-1783)
• nswbt (sebek nfru ra)| Neferusobek (Sobekkare) 1763-1759 (1787-1783)

13th Dynasty

Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt

The Eleventh , Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Middle Kingdom of Egypt....

• Neferhotep
  Neferhotep I
  
  King Neferhotep I was an Ancient Egypt Pharaoh of the Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt and one of the most powerful kings of this dynasty. The Turin Canon assigns him a reign length of 11 years....
   1696-1685
• Sihathor 1685-1685
• Sobekhotep IV
  Sobekhotep IV
  
  Sobekhotep IV Khaneferre was one of the most powerful Egyptian kings of the 13th Dynasty. He was the son of the 'god's father' Haankhef and of the 'king's mother' Kemi....
   1685-1678
• Sobekhotep V
  Sobekhotep V
  
  Sobekhotep V was an Ancient Egypt king of the Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt. His birth name was Sobekhotep, and his throne name was Khahotepre...
   1678-1674
• Iaib 1674-1664
• Merneferre Ai
  Merneferre Ai
  
  'Merneferre Ay' was an Ancient Egyptian ruler of the Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt. He assumed the throne around 1700s BC. His reign length--as preserved in the damaged Turin King List?was disputed in the past with J?rgen von Beckerath reading the damaged figure on the papyrus fragment as only 13 years in his 1964 work Untersuchungen zur polit...
   1664-1641

14th Dynasty

Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt

The Eleventh , Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Middle Kingdom, though this dynasty overlaps partially with either the Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt or the Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt, during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt....

Hyksos

Hyksos

The Hyksos were an Asiatic people who invaded the eastern Nile Delta, in the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt initiating the Second Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt....
 15th Dynasty

Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt

The Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Second Intermediate Period of Egypt....
 1633-1525

• Salitis
  Salitis
  
  Salitis was the first pharaoh of the Hyksos Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt, who began to rule Egypt around 1648 Before Christ. The precise dates of his rule are unknown....
  
• Bnon
• Apachnan
  Khyan
  
  Seuserenre Khyan, Khian or Khayan was reportedly the fourth Pharaoh of the Hyksos Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt who ruled approximately c.1610-1580 Before Christ The Danish Egyptologist, Kim Ryholt, who published an extensive catalogue of the monuments of all the numerous pharaohs of the Second Intermediate Period notes an important person...
   (Khyan)
• Iannas (Ianassi son of Khyan)
• Apophis
  Apepi I
  
  Apepi or Apophis was a ruler of Lower Ancient Egypt during the Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt and the end of the Second Intermediate Period that was dominated by this foreign dynasty of rulers called the Hyksos....
   (Auserre Apepi)
• Assis

Sinai 16th Dynasty

Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt

The Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Second Intermediate Period....

Thebes

Thebes, Egypt

Thebes was a city in Ancient Egypt located about 800 km south of the Mediterranean, on the east bank of the river Nile . It was the capital of Waset, the fourth Upper Egyptian Nome ....
 17th Dynasty 1606-1539

Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt

The Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Second Intermediate Period....

• Tao I
  Tao I the Elder
  
  Senakhtenre Tao I was a Pharaoh of Egypt of the Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt based in Upper Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. He was born c.1605 BC and died c.1560 or 1558 BC at the latest....
   (Senakhtenre)
• Tao II
  Tao II the Brave
  
  Seqenenre Tao II, , called The Brave, ruled over the last of the local kingdoms of the Thebes, Egypt region of Egypt in the Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period....
   (Seqenenre)
• Kamose
  Kamose
  
  Kamose was the last king of the Thebes, Egypt Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt. He was probably the son of Tao II the Brave and Ahhotep I and the full brother of Ahmose I, founder of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt....
   (Wadjkheperre)

18th Dynasty

Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt

The Eighteenth Dynasty is perhaps the best known of all the dynasties of ancient Egypt. As well as a number of Egypt's most powerful pharaohs, it included Tutankhamun, whose tomb, uncovered by Howard Carter in 1922, was one of the greatest of all archaeological discoveries, being completely undisturbed by tomb robbers....

19th Dynasty

Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt

The Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, New Kingdom....

20th Dynasty

Twentieth dynasty of Egypt

The Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, New Kingdom. This dynasty is considered to be the last one of the New Kingdom of Egypt, and was followed by the Third Intermediate Period....

Tanite 21st Dynasty

Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period....

• Smendes I (Hedjkheperre-setepenre) 1069-1043
• Amenemnisu
  Amenemnisu
  
  Neferkare Amenemnisu was a pharaoh of the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt of ancient Egypt.Amenemnisu's existence was only confirmed in 1940 when the tomb of his successor Psusennes I was discovered by Pierre Montet....
   (Neferkare-hekawaset) 1043-1039
• Psusennes I
  Psusennes I
  
  Psusennes I, or [Greek language ???s?????], Psibkhanno or Hor-Pasebakhaenniut I [Egyptian language ?r-p3-sb3-?ˁ?--n?wt] was the third Pharaoh of the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt who ruled between 1047 – 1001 BC....
   (Akheperre-setepenamun) 1039-991
• Amenemope (Usermaatre-setepenamun) 993-984
• Osorkon the Elder
  Osorkon the Elder
  
  Akheperre Setepenre Osorkon the Elder was the fifth king of the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt of Egypt and was the first pharaoh of Libyan extraction in Egypt....
   (Akheperre-setepenre) 984-978
• Siamun
  Siamun
  
  Neterkheperre or Netjerkheperre-setepenamun Siamun was the sixth pharaoh of Ancient Egypt during the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt. He built extensively in Lower Egypt for a king of the Third Intermediate Period and is regarded as one of the most powerful rulers of this Dynasty after Psusennes I....
   (Netjerkheperre-setepenre) 978-959
• Har-Psusennes II
  Psusennes II
  
  Titkheperure or Tyetkheperre Psusennes II [Greek language ???s?????] or Hor-Pasebakhaenniut II [Egyptian language ?r-p3-sb3-?ˁ?--n?wt], was the last Pharaoh of the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt....
   (Tjekheperre-setepenre) 959-945

Theban 21st Dynasty

Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period....

• Herihor
  Herihor
  
  Herihor was an Egyptian army officer and High Priests of Amun at Thebes during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses XI. While his origins are unknown, it is thought that his parents were Libyans....
   1080-1074
• Piankh
  Piankh
  
  While the High Priest of Amun Piankh has been assumed to be a son-in-law of Herihor and his heir to the Thebes, Egypt throne of the High Priests of Amun at Thebes, recent studies by Karl Jansen-Winkeln of the surviving temple inscriptions and monumental works by Herihor and Piankh in Upper Egypt imply that Piankh was actually Herihor's prede...
   1074-1070
• Pinedjem I
  Pinedjem I
  
  Pinedjem I was the High Priests of Amun at Thebes in Ancient Egypt from 1070 BC to 1032 BC and the de facto ruler of the south of the country from 1054 BC....
   1070-1032
• Masaharta
  Masaherta
  
  Masaharta or Masaherta was the High Priests of Amun at Thebes at Thebes, Egypt between 1054 BC and 1045 BC. He was the son and successor of ....
   1054-1046
• Djedkonsefankh
  Djedkhonsuefankh
  
  Djedkhonsuefankh was a High Priests of Amun at Thebes in Thebes, Egypt from 1046-1045 B.C. He was the second son of Pinedjem I and Isetemjeb II....
   1046-1045
• Menkheperre
  Menkheperre
  
  Menkheperre, son of Pharaoh Pinedjem I by wife Henuttawy , was the High Priests of Amun at Thebes in Ancient Egypt from 1045 BC to 992 BC and de facto ruler of the south of the country....
   1045-992
• Smendes II
  Smendes II
  
  Nesbanebdjed II, or in Hellenic Culture form, Smendes II, was a High Priests of Amun at Thebes at Thebes, Egypt in Ancient Egypt. He governed from about 992 BC to 990 BC....
   992-990
• Pinedjem II
  Pinedjem II
  
  Pinedjem II was a High Priests of Amun at Thebes in Ancient Egypt from 990 BC to 969 BC and was the de facto ruler of the south of the country....
   990-969
• Psusennes III
  Psusennes III
  
  Psusennes III was the High Priests of Amun at Thebes at the end of the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt. Little is known of this individual; he is thought by some to be the same person as Psusennes II....
   969-945

22nd Dynasty

Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period....

• Shoshenq I
  Shoshenq I
  
  Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq I , also known as Shishak, Sheshonk or Sheshonq I , was a Meshwesh Pharaoh of History of Ancient Egypt--of Ancient Libya ancestry--and the founder of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt....
   (Hedjkheperre-setepenre) 945-924
• Osorkon I
  Osorkon I
  
  The son of Shoshenq I and his chief consort, Karomat A, Osorkon I was the second king of Egypt's Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt and ruled around 922 BC-887 BC....
   (Sekhemkheperre-setepenre) 924-889
• Shoshenq II
  Shoshenq II
  
  Heqakheperre Shoshenq II was an Ancient Egypt king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt of Egypt. He was the only ruler of this Dynasty whose tomb was not plundered by Grave robbing....
   (Heqakheperre-setepenre) 889-887
• Takelot I
  Takelot I
  
  Hedjkheperre Setepenre Takelot I was a son of Osorkon I and Queen Tashedkhons who ruled Egypt for 13 Years according to Manetho. Takelot would marry Queen Kapes who bore him Osorkon II....
   (Hedjkheperre-setepenre) 887-873
• Osorkon II
  Osorkon II
  
  Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon II was a pharaoh of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt of Ancient Egypt and the son of Takelot I and Queen Kapes....
   (Usermaatre-setepenamun) 873-838
• Harsiese
  Harsiese
  
  * Harsiese A: An independent king in Upper Egypt during the 22nd Dynasty* Harsiese B: A High Priest of Amun from the end of Osorkon II's reign to Year 19 of Pedubast I....
   (Hedjkheperre-setepenamun) 860-850
• Shoshenq III
  Shoshenq III
  
  King Usermaatre Setepenre or Usimare Setepenamun Shoshenq III ruled Ancient Egypt Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt for 39 years according to contemporary historical records....
   (Usermaatre-setepenre/amun) 838-799
• Shoshenq IV
  Shoshenq IV
  
  Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq IV ruled Ancient Egypt Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt between the reigns of Shoshenq III and Pami. This Pharaoh's existence was first argued by David Rohl but the British Egyptologist Aidan Dodson settled the issue in a seminal GM 137 article....
   (Hedjkheperre-setepenre) 799-786
• Pami
  Pami
  
  Usermaatre Setepenre Pami was an Egyptian Pharaoh who ruled Egypt for 7 years. He was a member of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt of Meshwesh Ancient Libya who had been living in the country since the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt when their ancestors infiltrated into the Egyptian Delta from Libya....
   (Usermaatre-setepenre/amun) 786-779
• Shoshenq V
  Shoshenq V
  
  Shoshenq V was the final king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt of Meshwesh Berber people which controlled Lower Egypt. He was the son of Pami according to a Year 11 Serapeum stela from his reign....
   (Akheperre) 779-740
• Osorkon IV
  Osorkon IV
  
  Osorkon IV was a ruler of Lower Egypt who, while not always listed as a member of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt, he is attested as the ruler of Tanis--and thereby one of Shoshenq V's successors....
   (Akheperre-setepenamun) 740-720

23rd Dynasty

Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-third Dynasty of ancient Egypt was a separate regime of Meshwesh Berber people Pharaoh, who ruled ancient Egypt. This dynasty is often considered part of the Third Intermediate Period....

• Pedubast (Usermaatre-setepenamun) 818-793
• Iuput I
  Iuput I
  
  Iuput I was a Pharaoh of Egypt, who was a co-regent with his father, Pedubast I, near the beginning of the 23rd dynasty. His exact dates of reign are unknown: it started possibly around 815 BC, or alternatively the final couple of years of his father's reign: one authority provides the dates ca 816-800....
   804-803
• Shoshenq VI
  Shoshenq VI
  
  Shoshenq VI is known to be Pedubast I's immediate successor at Thebes based upon the career of the Letter Writer to Pharaoh Hor IX, who served under Osorkon II and Pedubast I ....
   (Usermaatre-meryamun) 793-787
• Osorkon III
  Osorkon III
  
  Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon III Si-Ese was Pharaoh of Egypt in the 8th Century BC. He was the famous Crown Prince and High Priests of Amun at Thebes Osorkon B, son of Takelot II by his Great Royal Wife Kamama-Merytmut II....
   (Usermaatre-setepenamun) 787-759
• Takelot III
  Takelot III
  
  Usimare Setepenamun Takelot III Si-Ese was Osorkon III's eldest son and successor. Takelot III ruled the first five years of his reign in a coregency with his father and served previously as the High Priest of Amun at Thebes, Egypt....
   (Usermaatre-setepenamun) 764-757
• Rudamun
  Rudamun
  
  Rudamun was the final pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt of Ancient Egypt. His titulary simply reads as Usermaatre Setepenamun, Rudamun Meryamun, and excludes the Si-Ese or Netjer-Heqawaset epithets employed by his father and brother....
   (Usermaatre-setepenamun) 757-754
• Iuput II
  Iuput II
  
  Iuput II was a ruler of Leontopolis in the Egyptian Delta region of Lower Egypt who existed during the late Third Intermediate Period. He was an ally of Tefnakht of Sais who resisted the invasion of Lower Egypt by the Kushite king Piye....
   (Usermaatre-setepenamun) 754-720
• Shoshenq VII (Wasneterre-setepenre) 720-715

24th Dynasty

Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period....

25th Dynasty

Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, also known as the Ethiopian or Nubian dynasty, was a line of rulers originating in the Kingdom of Kush. They reigned in part or all of Ancient Egypt from 760 BC to 656 BC.....

Early Kings of Sais

Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt was the last native dynasty to rule Ancient Egypt before the History of Persian Egypt in 525 BC Before Christ ....
 

• Ameris 715-695
• Tefnakht I 695-688
• Nekauba
  Nekauba
  
  Almost nothing is known of Nekauba or Nechepsos as he is also called except that he is listed as one of the early kings of the 26th Saite Dynasty in Manetho's Epitome and is assigned a reign of six years....
   688-672
• Necho I
  Necho I
  
  Necho I was the Prince of Sa?s or Governor of the Egyptian city of Sais, Egypt. He was the first attested local Saite king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt who reigned for 8 years, according to Manetho's Epitome....
   (Menkheperre) 672 - 664

26th Dynasty

Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt was the last native dynasty to rule Ancient Egypt before the History of Persian Egypt in 525 BC Before Christ ....
 

• Psammetichus I
  Psammetichus I
  
  Psamtik I , was the first of three kings of the Sais, Egypt, or Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt. His prenomen, Wahibre, means "Constant is the Heart of Ra." The story in Herodotus of the Dodecarchy and the rise of Psamtik is fanciful....
   (Wahibre) 664 - 610
• Necho II
  Necho II
  
  Necho II was a king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt , and the son of Psammetichus I by his Great Royal Wife Mehtenweskhet. His prenomen or royal name Wahemibre means "Carrying out the Wish of Ra Forever." Necho played a significant role in the histories of the Assyrian Empire, Babylonia and the Kingdom of Judah....
   (Wehemibre) 610 - 595
• Psammetichus II
  Psammetichus II
  
  Psamtik II was a king of the Saite based Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt . His prenomen, Neferibre, means "Beautiful is the Heart of Re." He was the son of Necho II....
   (Neferibre) 595
  59 BC
  
  Year 59 BC was a year of the Roman calendar....
   - 589
• Apries
  Apries
  
  Apries is the name by which Herodotus and Diodorus designate Wahibre Haibre, ??af??? , a pharaoh of Egypt , the fourth king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt....
   (Haaibre) 589 - 570
• Amasis II
  Amasis II
  
  Amasis II was a pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt, the successor of Apries at Sais, Egypt. He was the last great ruler of Ancient Egypt before the Persian Empire conquest....
   (Khnemibre) 570 - 526
• Psammetichus III
  Psammetichus III
  
  Psamtik III was the last Pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt of History of Ancient Egypt from 526 BC – 525 BC. Most of what we know about his reign and life was documented by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century....
   (Ankhkaenre) 526 - 525