Manetho
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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
Manetho puts Ptah at the head of the dynasties of the gods.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
What amount of authority should be ascribed to the lists of Manetho?
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
Bunsen also considers the number 3,555 to be from Manetho, but without historical value.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
The invaders were called by Manetho, the Egyptian historian, the Hyksos or Shepherd Princes: on the monuments they are known as the Aamu or “Asiatics.”
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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