Manetho

[ man-uh-thoh ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

It is true that the king-lists of the Alexandrian historian, Manetho, were all along accessible in somewhat garbled copies.

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Manetho had given a statement, according to which Mena must have lived nearly six thousand years before the Christian era.

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Manetho gives lists of great personages before that first dynasty, and these extend over twenty-four thousand years.

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We are no longer obliged to accept Manetho's account of the Shepherd invasion.

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The recent explorations made by Mariette among the archives of Egypt have confirmed the testimony of Manetho.

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