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Manetho

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[man-uh-thoh] / ˈmæn əˌθoʊ /

noun

  1. flourished c250 b.c., Egyptian high priest of Heliopolis: author of a history of Egypt.


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The major intellectual pursuit of his last years was a concordance and calibration of the chronologies of ancient civilizations, very much in the tradition of the ancient historians Manetho, Strabo and Eratosthenes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

As has been remarked, Manetho numbers at least 284 kings to the eighteenth dynasty.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker

Under the reign of Pepi, as well as his immediate predecessors and successors, i. e., in the sixth dynasty of Manetho, the development of Egypt must have undergone a certain change.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker

Moreover, the papyrus does not agree with Manetho in the division of the dynasties; at certain places, which do not coincide with the sections of Manetho, totals are given of the preceding reigns.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker

According to the list of Manetho, Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus belonged to the fourth dynasty.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker

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