The 9th Dynasty was founded at Herakleopolis Magna, and the 10th Dynasty continued there. At this time Egypt was not unified, and there is some overlap between these and other local dynasties. The Turin Canon lists eighteen kings for this royal line, but their names are damaged, unidentifiable, or lost.[2]
The following is a possible list of rulers of the Tenth Dynasty based on the Turin Canon, as Egyptologists have differing opinions about the order of succession within the two dynasties. Among them, only Wahkare Khety and Merykare are undoubtedly attested by archaeological finds:
Tenth Dynasty (according to Hayes) (c. 2130 – 2040 BC)[3]
tenth, dynasty, egypt, tenth, dynasty, ancient, egypt, dynasty, often, combined, with, early, 11th, dynasties, under, group, title, first, intermediate, period, 2130, 2040, bcinscription, tomb, khety, nomarch, pharaoh, merykare, mariettecapitalherakleopolis, m. The Tenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt Dynasty X is often combined with the 7th 8th 9th and early 11th Dynasties under the group title First Intermediate Period 1 Tenth Dynasty of Egyptca 2130 BC ca 2040 BCInscription on the tomb Khety II nomarch of Pharaoh Merykare MarietteCapitalHerakleopolis MagnaCommon languagesEgyptian languageReligionancient Egyptian religionGovernmentAbsolute monarchyHistorical eraBronze Age Establishedca 2130 BC Disestablishedca 2040 BCPreceded by Succeeded byEighth Dynasty of EgyptNinth Dynasty of Egypt Eleventh Dynasty of EgyptRulers EditThe 9th Dynasty was founded at Herakleopolis Magna and the 10th Dynasty continued there At this time Egypt was not unified and there is some overlap between these and other local dynasties The Turin Canon lists eighteen kings for this royal line but their names are damaged unidentifiable or lost 2 The following is a possible list of rulers of the Tenth Dynasty based on the Turin Canon as Egyptologists have differing opinions about the order of succession within the two dynasties Among them only Wahkare Khety and Merykare are undoubtedly attested by archaeological finds Tenth Dynasty according to Hayes c 2130 2040 BC 3 Name Image CommentsMeryhathor Existence doubtful known from a damaged graffito at HatnubNeferkare VIII Might be the Kaneferre mentioned in the tomb of the nomarch AnkhtifiWahkare Khety III Possibly the purported author of the Teaching for King MerykareMerykare Main opponent of the Theban pharaoh Mentuhotep II name lost An ephemeral x months successor of Merykare Wikimedia Commons has media related to 10th dynasty of Egypt References Edit Shaw Ian ed 2000 The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt Oxford University Press p 480 ISBN 0 19 815034 2 Sir Alan Gardiner Egypt of the Pharaohs Oxford University Press 1961 pp 112 13 William C Hayes in The Cambridge Ancient History vol 1 part 2 1971 2008 Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 077915 p 996 Preceded byNinth Dynasty Dynasty of Egyptc 2130 2040 BC Succeeded byEleventh Dynasty This article about subjects relating to Ancient Egypt is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tenth Dynasty of Egypt amp oldid 1122786232, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
