| Problems
in Egyptian chronology are as ancient as Egypt itself. Like all ancient
kingdoms the recognition of the importance of accurate historical records
in Egypt grew very slowly. (There were numerous reasons, principally political,
for not keeping accurate records). Thus by the third century B.C.
virtually all problems connected with Egyptian chronology were already
known, though unsolved. Manetho, the Egyptian priest writing his famous
Egyptian
History points to most of them. The problem is two-fold: l) there are
internal
problems of assigning beginnings and endings to various
Dynasties, and 2) externally,
the problem is reconciling dates in
the Egyptian calendar with attested dates in other calendaric systems,
for example, Greek, Jewish, Assyrian, Persian, and Julian/Gregorian. The
following chronology is widely accepted at present by scholars. Minor variations
and adjustments may well be required as new data are collected. |
