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18th Dynasty (1539 – 1295 BC) Part.2
Eighteenth Dynasty If disproportionate space seem here to have been devoted to a single dynastic problem, the excuse must be firstly the importance of the two great personages who now…
29th Dynasty (399 – 380 BC)
Twenty-ninth Dynasty After conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 BC the sole aim of Egypt's foreign policy was to defend her independence against an empire which persisted in regarding…
18th Dynasty (1539 – 1295 BC) Part.1
Eighteenth Dynasty Details of the fall of Avaris are given in an inscription engraved on the wall of a tomb at El-Kab belonging to a warrior named 'Ahmose, Son of…
30th Dynasty (380 – 343 BC)
Thirtieth Dynasty After the four months' reign of his son Nepherites II, the kingship passed into the hands of a general from Sebennytus. Manetho's THIRTIETH DYNASTY consists of three members,…
19th Dynasty (1295 – 1186 BC) Part.3
Nineteenth Dynasty That for Egypt herself the reign of Ramesses II was a period of great prosperity cannot be doubted. Monuments of the period, dated and undated, are very numerous,…
31st Dynasty (343 – 332 BC)
Thirty-first Dynasty By Ochus's strategical skill and politcal sagacity Egypt was a Persian province once more. Diodorus (xvi. 51) may here be quoted: Artaxerxes, after taking over all Egypt and…
19th Dynasty (1295 – 1186 BC) Part.2
Nineteenth Dynasty A fine stela, of year 3 found in the fortress of Kuban in Lower Nubia, records the successful digging of a well in the land of Ikita where…
Ptolemaic Dynasty
Alexandria: The Ptolemaic Dynasty The achievements of the Greeks in the ancient world, by no means few, may have reached their peak in the city of Alexandria. No less a…
1st Dynasty (2920 – 2770 BC)
First Dynasty Egypt's 1st Dynasty saw the emergence of a unified land stretching from the Delta to the first cataract at Aswan, a distance of over one thousand kilometers along…
19th Dynasty (1295 – 1186 BC) Part.1
Nineteenth Dynasty After the recovery from the religious revolution, Egypt was a changed world. It is not easy to define the exact nature of the changes, since there are many…
Roman Period
Alexandria: The Roman Period The final century or so of Ptolemaic rule from Alexandria is a sad one, primarily because many of the later Ptolemies, Pharaohs they might have appeared…
2nd Dynasty (2770 – 2650 BC)
Second Dynasty Manetho's SECOND DYNASTY of nine kings from Thinis presents even more intractable problems than its predecessor. Four of the Manethonian names are recognizable, despite grave distortion, in the…
20th Dynasty (1186 – 1069 BC) Part.3
Twentieth Dynasty It was not until after the defeat of Pinhasi that his title of King's Son of Cush, together with other offices which went with it, could be annexed…
Byzantine Period
Alexandria: The Byzantine Period It is with the ascension of the Roman emperor Constantine that a new era began for Alexandria, as well as for the Empire as a whole.…
3rd Dynasty (2650 – 2575 BC)
Third Dynasty The Third Dynasty, which with the next three dynasties constitutes the Old Kingdom, is characterized by the grand line of pyramids running along the western desert from near…
20th Dynasty (1186 – 1069 BC) Part.2
Twentieth Dynasty It is only in passing that reference can be made to the buildings erected by Ramesses III elsewhere, a small temple at Karnak being particularly well preserved. His…
Abbasid Period
Abbasid Period The first and second Muslim civil wars appear to have made little difference in Cairo's life, though the governors of Egypt now received their orders from Damascus instead…
4th Dynasty (2575 – 2467 BC)
Fourth Dynasty Of contemporary remains of Dynasty III, there is nothing more to record save some blocks of a temple built by Djoser at Heliopolis, so that we may now…
20th Dynasty (1186 – 1069 BC) Part.1
Twentieth Dynasty Manetho has no more to tell us about Dyn. XX than that it consisted of twelve kings of Diospolis (Thebes), who reigned according to Africanus for 135 years…
Fatimid Period
The Fatimid Period Fatimid Rulers Gawhar El-Sakali (969-973AD) Al-Mezz Leideinallah (973-975AD) Al-Aziz Leideinallah (975-996AD) Al-Hakim Biamrallah (997-1020AD) Al-Zahir Lazazdinallah ( 1020-1094AD) Al-Mustansir Biallah ( 1035-1094AD) Al-Mustali Biallah (1094-1101AD) Al-Amir Biahkamallah…