Aegyptiaca

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Aegyptiaca is an ancient historical work by the Egyptian priest Manetho that presents a chronological account of Egypt’s dynasties and kings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient historical work
chronological history
lost literary work
associatedWith Ptolemaic scholarly tradition
author Manetho
citedBy Africanus
Eusebius of Caesarea
George Syncellus
Josephus
linked to: Flavius Josephus
commissionedBy Ptolemaic court
countryOfOrigin Ptolemaic Egypt
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
dateWritten 3rd century BCE
describesPeriod Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
Late Period of Egypt
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt
Old Kingdom of Egypt
Ptolemaic period
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

predynastic Egypt
fieldOfStudy Egyptology
ancient historiography
classics
genre historiography
hasPart list of Egyptian dynasties
regnal years of kings
sequence of rulers
historicalSignificance basis for modern numbering of Egyptian dynasties
key source for reconstruction of Egyptian chronology
influenced later chronographers of Egypt
intendedAudience Greek-speaking world
knownFrom fragments in later authors
mainSubject Egyptian dynasties
Egyptian kings
history of ancient Egypt
originalLanguage Ancient Greek
originalTitle Αἰγυπτιακά
purpose to present Egyptian history in Greek historiographical form
relatedWork Egyptian king lists from Abydos
Saqqara king list
linked to: Saqqara King List

Turin Royal Canon
status extant only in quotations and summaries
structure dynastic lists
king lists
titleLanguage Latin
usesSource Egyptian king lists
Egyptian temple records

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Manetho notableWork Aegyptiaca
Manetho knownFor Aegyptiaca
Seventh Dynasty of Egypt source Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
linked to: Aegyptiaca
Ninth Dynasty of Egypt knownFrom Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
linked to: Aegyptiaca
Sanakhte attestedIn Manetho’s Aegyptiaca (indirectly via later copies)
linked to: Aegyptiaca
Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt hasHistoriographicalSource Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
linked to: Aegyptiaca
Tjenu mentionedInSource Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
linked to: Aegyptiaca
Semerkhet knownFrom Manetho's Aegyptiaca
linked to: Aegyptiaca
Athothis describedIn Manetho's Aegyptiaca
linked to: Aegyptiaca
Thinite line of kings source Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
linked to: Aegyptiaca
Turin Papyrus of Kings relatedTo Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
linked to: Aegyptiaca
15th Dynasty of Egypt historicalSource Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
linked to: Aegyptiaca