Manetho

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Manetho was an ancient Egyptian priest and historian, best known for his Greek-language history of Egypt that organized the pharaohs into dynasties.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Manetho’s Aegyptiaca 5
Manetho canonical 2
Manetho's king lists (indirectly preserved) 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptologist of antiquity
ancient Egyptian priest
historian
associatedWithRuler Ptolemy II Philadelphus
classificationSystem division of Egyptian rulers into dynasties
countryOfCitizenship Ptolemaic Kingdom
surface form: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
culture ancient Egyptian
era Ptolemaic Kingdom
surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt
fieldOfWork Egyptian history
chronology
historiography
floruit 3rd century BCE
genre chronography
historical writing
influenced classical historians of Egypt
later Egyptian chronographers
knownFor Aegyptiaca
Greek-language history of Egypt
organizing Egyptian rulers into dynasties
languageOfWorkOrName Greek
legacy basis for modern numbering of Egyptian dynasties
key source for reconstruction of Egyptian king lists
notableWork Aegyptiaca
occupation historian
priest
scribe
placeOfActivity Egypt
Heliopolis
positionHeld Egyptian priest
priest of Ra at Heliopolis
possiblyBornIn Sebennytos
quotedBy Africanus
Eusebius of Caesarea
George Syncellus
Flavius Josephus
surface form: Josephus
religion ancient Egyptian religion
sourceFor Ptolemaic understanding of Egyptian history
chronology of ancient Egypt
timePeriod Hellenistic period
usedSources Egyptian king lists
Egyptian religious traditions
temple records
workPreservationStatus known through later quotations and epitomes
survives only in fragments
workSubject Egyptian dynasties
Egyptian kings
history of Egypt
wroteInLanguage Greek

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Menkaure attestedIn Manetho
Userkaf attestedInSource Manetho
this entity surface form: Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
Fifth Dynasty of Egypt sourceOfKnowledge Manetho
this entity surface form: Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt hasSource Manetho
this entity surface form: Manetho's king lists (indirectly preserved)
Thinis mentionedIn Manetho
this entity surface form: writings of Manetho
Hor-Aha describedBySource Manetho
Second Dynasty of Egypt sourceOfInformation Manetho
this entity surface form: Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt historicalSource Manetho
this entity surface form: Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt historicalSource Manetho
this entity surface form: Manetho’s Aegyptiaca