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Every Egyptian Ever

Ages 5–12

Priest

Cartoon of a priest with a shaved head and a spotted sash

Manetho

An Egyptian priest who listed the kings in Greek.

Years
About 300–250 BCE
We are not sure of the exact year.
Time
Ptolemaic. Ptolemaic time.
Where they ruled or lived
Sebennytos

We are not sure: We are not sure of his exact years, or every fact of his life.

Three facts

  1. 1He lived under the early Ptolemy kings.
  2. 2He sorted rulers into dynasties, which means families.
  3. 3We have only later pieces of his book.

More to know

Old Kingdom and New Kingdom are modern names for long stretches of time. Manetho's dynasty numbers still help people talk about the past.

Places: Sebennytos.

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