This is a cropped scan of page ix of the book Manetho, with an English translation by W.G. Waddell, London, W. Heinemann, 1940. Found on the Archive. Credited t
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Manetho, Aegyptiaca

Egypt's 30 dynasties come from a priest whose book is lost. We know it only from later quotations.

c.3rd c. BCE (Ptolemy I/II)

Historians still use Manetho's 30 dynasties, yet ignore his reigns of gods before them. Is that fair, or are we cherry-picking the parts that fit?

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Photo: Waddell, W. G. (William Gillan), 1884-1945, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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