Manetho’s words survived in the work of later historians like Flavius Josephus, a Roman historian writing in the first century AD.

However, because Manetho lived around 2,000 years after Pepi II, there’s every reason to suspect that his account may not be entirely accurate. Having said that, the data is supported by the so ...

When the third-century B.C. Egyptian historian Manetho wrote "Aegyptiaca," his dynasty-by-dynasty account of a great civilization, the realm of the pharaohs was already vastly ancient. For Manetho ...

According to Manetho, the Hyksos made their move after the end of Egypt's Middle Kingdom, which crumbled around 1650 B.C. During a time when Egypt was in turmoil, Hyksos leaders purportedly led an ...

Khafre was briefly succeeded by a king named Bikheris, according to the record of the ancient historian Manetho, but nothing else is known about him.

According to Manetho, the Hyksos made their move after the end of Egypt's Middle Kingdom, which crumbled around 1650 B.C. During a time when Egypt was in turmoil, Hyksos leaders purportedly led an ...