Conventional Egyptian chronology

This is a Conventional Egyptian chronology.

Contents
1 Introduction

1.1 Sources

2 Protodynastic Period

2.1 Dynasty 0 circa 3100–2920

3 Early Dynastic Period

3.1 1st Dynasty 2920-2770
3.2 2nd Dynasty 2770-2650
3.3 Position uncertain

1 Old Kingdom

1.1 3rd Dynasty
1.2 4th Dynasty
1.3 5th Dynasty
1.4 6th Dynasty

2 First Intermediate Period

2.1 7th Dynasty
2.2 8th Dynasty
2.3 Kings with Unknown Position
2.4 9th and 10th Dynasties 2135-1986
2.5 11th Dynasty

3 Middle Kingdom

3.1 11th Dynasty (continued)
3.2 Unknown Position
3.3 12th Dynasty

4 Second Intermediate Period

4.1 13th Dynasty
4.2 14th Dynasty
4.3 15th Dynasty 1633-1525
4.4 16th Dynasty
4.5 17th Dynasty 1606-1539

5 New Kingdom

5.1 18th Dynasty
5.2 19th Dynasty
5.3 20th Dynasty

6 Third Intermediate Period

6.1 Tanite 21st Dynasty
6.2 Theban 21st Dynasty
6.3 22nd Dynasty
6.4 23rd Dynasty
6.5 24th Dynasty
6.6 25th Dynasty
6.7 26th Dynasty

7 Late Period

7.1 26th Dynasty (continued)

Introduction

This conventional chronology of the rulers of ancient Egypt, taking into account well accepted developments during the 20th century but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.

Even within a single work, often archeologists will offer several possible dates or even several whole chronologies as possibilities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies between dates shown here and in articles on particular rulers. Often there are also several possible spellings of the names.

It should be noted that there is a 60 year discrepancy between the dates proposed by these two authors. There is no attempt to remove this in the combined chronology presented below, which is the “Conventional Chronology” that is quoted by David Rohl in A Test of Time (1995, Century).

All dates are BC.

Sources

(This information has been supplemented from The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, edited by Ian Shaw (Oxford, 2000), and Digital Egypt for Universities, which was developed by The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.)

See also

Protodynastic Period

Dynasty 0 circa 3100–2920

Early Dynastic Period

1st Dynasty 2920-2770

2nd Dynasty 2770-2650

Position uncertain

Old Kingdom

3rd Dynasty

4th Dynasty

5th Dynasty

6th Dynasty

First Intermediate Period

7th Dynasty

In the kinglist summaries from the third century BC historian Manetho, 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.

8th Dynasty

Kings with Unknown Position

9th and 10th Dynasties 2135-1986

11th Dynasty

Middle Kingdom

11th Dynasty (continued)

Unknown Position

12th Dynasty

Second Intermediate Period

13th Dynasty

21 kings for about 63 years then

Then 6 more kings for about 20 years

14th Dynasty

About 76 minor kings of the Delta, contemporary with the second half of the 13th dynasty.

15th Dynasty 1633-1525

16th Dynasty

32 minor kings contemporary with the 15th and 17th dynasties.

17th Dynasty 1606-1539

About 15 kings in all, contemporary with the 15th dynasty, the last three being

New Kingdom

18th Dynasty

19th Dynasty

20th Dynasty

Third Intermediate Period

Tanite 21st Dynasty

Theban 21st Dynasty

22nd Dynasty

23rd Dynasty

24th Dynasty

25th Dynasty

26th Dynasty

Late Period

26th Dynasty (continued)

See also: Conventional Egyptian chronology, 525 BC, 526 BC, 570 BC, 589 BC, 595 BC, 59 BC, 610 BC, 664 BC, 672 BC