| 3150 BC | Menes - Dynasty 0 |
| 2920 BC | Dynasty 1 |
| 2770 BC | Dynasty 2 |
| 2649 BC | 3rd dynasty |
| 2649 - 2630 BC | Sanakhte |
| 2630 - 2611 BC | Djoser |
| 2649 - 2643 BC | Sekhemkhet |
| 2643 - 2637 BC | Khaba |
| 2637 - 2613 BC | Huni |
| 2613 - 2589 BC | Sneferu |
| 2589 - 2566 BC | Khufu (Cheops) |
| 2566 - 2558 BC | Djedefre |
| 2558 - 2532 BC | Khafre (Chephren) |
| 2532 - 2504 BC | Menkaure (Mycerinus) |
| 2504 - 2500 BC | Shepseskaf |
| 2498 - 2491 BC | Userkaf |
| 2491 - 2477 BC | Sahure |
| 2477 - 2467 BC | Nefeirrkare |
| 2467 - 2460 BC | Sheseskare |
| 2460 - 2453 BC | Neferefre |
| 2453 - 2422 BC | Niuserre |
| 2422 - 2414 BC | Menkauhor |
| 2414 - 2375 BC | Djedkare |
| 2375 - 2345 BC | Wenis/Unas |
| 2345 - 2333 BC | Teti |
| 2332 - 2283 BC | Pepi I |
| 2283 - 2278 BC | Merenre |
| 2278 - 2184 BC | Pepi |
| 2200 BC | First Intermediate Period |
| 2181 - 2160 BC | Dynasties 7 & 8 |
| 2160 - 2040 BC | Dynasties 9 & 10 |
| 2134 - 2117 BC | Intef I |
| 2117 - 2069 BC | Intef II |
| 2069 - 2060 BC | Intef III |
| 2060 - 2010 BC | Mentuhotep I |
| 2050 BC | Middle Kingdom |
| 2010 - 1998 BC | Mentuhotep II |
| 1997 - 1991 BC | Mentuhotep III |
| 1991 - 1962 BC | Amenemhet I |
| 1971 - 1926 BC | Senusret I |
| 1929 - 1895 BC | Amenemhet II |
| 1897 - 1878 BC | Senusret II |
| 1878 - 1841 BC | Senusret III |
| 1842 - 1797 BC | Amenemhet IV |
| 1800 BC | Second Intermediate Period |
| 1798 - 1786 BC | Amenemhet IV |
| 1785 - 1782 BC | Sobeknefru |
| 1782 - 1778 BC | Wegaf |
| 1760 BC | Ameny Intef IV |
| 1750 BC | Sobekhotep II |
| 1747 BC | Khendjer |
| 1745 BC | Sobekhotep III |
| 1741 - 1730 BC | Neferhotep I |
| 1730 - 1720 BC | Sobekhotep IV |
| 1720 BC | Ay |
| 1570 BC | Early New Kingdom |
| 1570 - 1546 BC | Ahmose I |
| 1551 - 1524 BC | Amenhotep I |
| 1524 - 1518 BC | Tuthmosis I |
| 1518 - 1504 BC | Tuthmosis II |
| 1504 - 1450 BC | Tuthmosis III |
| 1498 - 1483 BC | Hateshepsut |
| 1453 - 1419 BC | Amenhotep II |
| 1419 - 1386 BC | Tuthmosis IV |
| 1386 - 1349 BC | Amenhotep III |
| 1370 BC | Armana Revolution |
| 1350 - 1334 BC | Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) |
| 1336 - 1334 BC | Smenkhkare |
| 1334 - 1325 BC | Tutankhamun |
| 1325 - 1321 BC | Ay |
| 1321 - 1293 BC | Horemheb |
| 1300 BC | Later New Kingdom |
| 1293 - 1291 BC | Ramesses I |
| 1291 - 1278 BC | Seti I |
| 1279 - 1212 BC | Ramesses II |
| 1212 - 1202 BC | Merneptah |
| 1202 - 1199 BC | Amenmesses |
| 1199 - 1193 BC | Seti II |
| 1193 - 1187 BC | Siptah |
| 1187 - 1185 BC | Twosret |
| 1185 - 1182 BC | Setnakhte |
| 1182 - 1151 BC | Ramesses III |
| 1151 - 1145 BC | Ramesses IV |
| 1145 - 1141 BC | Ramesses V |
| 1141 - 1133 BC | Ramesses VI |
| 1133 - 1126 BC | Ramesses VII |
| 1133 - 1126 BC | Ramesses VIII |
| 1126 - 1108 BC | Ramesses IX |
| 1108 - 1098 BC | Ramesses X |
| 1098 - 1070 BC | Ramesses XI |
| 1080 - 1074 BC | Herihor |
| 1074 - 1070 BC | Piankh |
| 1070 - 1032 BC | Pinedjem I |
| 1069 - 1043 BC | Smendes I |
| 1054 - 1046 BC | Masaherta |
| 1045 - 992 BC | Menkheperre |
| 1043 - 1039 BC | Amenemnisu |
| 1039 - 991 BC | Psusennes I |
| 993 - 984 BC | Amenemope |
| 992 - 990 BC | Smendes II |
| 990 - 969 BC | Pinedjem II |
| 984 - 978 BC | Osorkon the Elder |
| 978 - 959 BC | Siamun |
| 969 - 945 BC | Psusennes III |
| 959 - 945 BC | Psusennes II |
| 945 - 924 BC | Sheshonq I |
| 924 - 889 BC | Osorkon I |
| 890 BC | Shesonq II |
| 889 - 874 BC | Takelot I |
| 874 - 850 BC | Osorkon II |
| 870 - 860 BC | Harsiese |
| 850 - 825 BC | Takelot II |
| 825 - 773 BC | Sheshonq III |
| 818 - 793 BC | Pedibastet |
| 793 - 787 BC | Sheshonq IV |
| 787 - 759 BC | Osorkon III |
| 773 - 767 BC | Pami |
| 767 - 730 BC | Sheshonq V |
| 764 - 757 BC | Takelot III |
| 757 - 754 BC | Rudamon |
| 754 - 715 BC | Iuput |
| 747 - 716 BC | Piankhi |
| 730 - 715 BC | Osorkon IV |
| 727 - 720 BC | Tefnakht |
| 720 - 715 BC | Bakenrenef |
| 716 - 702 BC | Shabaka |
| 702 - 690 BC | Shebitku |
| 690 - 664 BC | Tirhakah/Taharqa |
| 664 - 656 BC | Tanatumun |
| 664 - 610 BC | Psamtik I |
| 610 - 595 BC | Nekau |
| 595 - 589 BC | Psamtik II |
| 589 - 570 BC | Wahibre |
| 58 - 55 BC | Berenice IV |
| 570 - 526 BC | Ahmose II |
| 526 - 525 BC | Psamtik III |
| 525 - 522 BC | Cambyses II |
| 521 - 486 BC | Darius I |
| 51 - 30 BC | Cleopatra VII |
| 485 - 465 BC | Xerxes |
| 465 - 424 BC | Artaxerxes |
| 423 - 405 BC | Darius II |
| 405 - 359 BC | Artaxerxes II |
| 404 - 399 BC | Amyrtaeus |
| 399 - 393 BC | Nefaarud I |
| 393 -380 BC | Hakor |
| 380 - 362 BC | Nakhtnebef |
| 362 - 360 BC | Djedhor |
| 360 - 343 BC | Nakhthoreb |
| 343 - 338 BC | Artaxerxes III |
| 338 - 336 BC | Arses |
| 336 - 332 BC | Darius III |
| 332 - 323 BC | Alexander the Great |
| 323 - 317 BC | Philip Arrhidaeus |
| 317 - 305 BC | Alexander IV |
| 305 - 282 BC | Ptolemy I |
| 285 - 246 BC | Ptolemy II |
| 246 - 222 BC | Ptolemy III |
Wednesday, May 20
The Pharoahs of Egypt
All of them, presented here for your edification.
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Snigger, there was a Pharoah called Arses.
Seriously though, I didn´t know they ruled for such a long period of time. It´s seems an understatement to say it´s impressive.
I feel brand new! It's hard to imagine how long people have been on this earth - "incomprehensible"
I cannot see Imhoteph among these famous kings. Where IS he? :)))
Im-ho-teeeeph! :D
Nice try Mandi but Imhotep, who inspired "The Mummy" (both the original and the modern re-make), was never Pharoah. He was the chief priest, architect, engineer, doctor, alchemist, and military advisor to Pharoah Djoser (who you'll find near the beginning of the list). He may even have been the one to invent paper, from the papyrus reeds which grow along the Nile.
It was Imhotep who designed the Step Pyramid for Djoser, the first tomb-architect to have the idea of stacking ever-smaller mustabas atop one another to create a pyramidal shape, which the Egyptians believed to represent the rays of the sun.
He was also a sort-of ancient Leonardo, performing surgeries, improving embalming processes, improving the design of chariots and bows, understanding the idea of crop-rotation so that soil nutrients would be able to replenish themselves, and was a accomplished mathematician, understanding the concepts of pi and phi (the golden ration). In fact, though we often attribute our knowledge of geometry to the ancient Greeks, the Greeks themselves admitted they got their knowledge from Egypt, and probably Imhotep or his successors.
He's a fascinating figure and the search for his own tomb and mummy has become something of a 'holy grail' for Egyptologists. My favorite ancient Egyptians are probably Akhenaton, Imhopten, and Hatshepsut.
For more information, see:
Imhotep
And I agree with the everyone that it's mind-blowing how long the Egyptian civilization lasted. The USA is less than 250 years old. Britain in its modern form date back about 1000 years (to the Norman conquest). Rome lasted also about 1000 years - 500 as a Republic, 500 as a Dictatorship. Egypt as lasted about 3000 years: THIRTY centuries. Of course, Egypt is still around, but from the conquest by Alexander and onward they lost most, and then nearly all, of their cultural identity, even their ability to read and write hieroglyphs. Sand buried most of the monuments of their civilization and they were all but forgotten. It wasn't really until Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1798 that Western interest in this amazing and mind-bogglingly sophisticated culture, completely unequaled in art, culture, science (especially astronomy), spiritual development, and warfare at its time and artistically and spiritually still influencing us today (look at the Washington Monument obelisk, or the inverted pyramid of the Louvre, or the Christ-born-to-a-virgin story that is almost an exact recounting of the Horus myth, or the symbols and mottos of everyone from the Knights Templar and Cathars to the Freemasons to the Pyramid and all-seeing eye of Re on the back of the Dollar bill for evidence).
I don't think it's exaggerating at all to state that Western Civilization as we know it arose almost entirely because out of an Egyptian foundation. The Romans credited the Greeks with their knowledge, and the Greeks were adamant they'd learned almost all their wisdom from the Egyptians, who were already in decline at the time. And where did Egypt get it's wisdom? Apparently, from no one, certainly not the Hittites or Assyrians or Babylonians or Sumerians or Nubians. Unique amongst civilizations, they seemed to have emerged from the stone age and entered the bronze age, and were at their very height within only a century or two. For the next 2500+ years, they would slowly diminish, like a copy of a copy of a copy, and would never exceed and seldom equal the wisdom, architecture (like the Pyramids), or art of this Old Kingdom. It's as though everything - hieroglyphs, mythologies, customs, stone-cutting techniques, navigation, and all the rest of it had emerged suddenly and fully formed, with no real build-up period. How this could be so is still a mystery, though speculation ranges all over the map of course, from semi-plausible academic theories to outlandish tales of extraterrestrial intervention. Of course I believe there is a rational explanation to the sudden flowering of Egypt, but I also believe that no one currently working in the field knows enough yet to be able to put together a true picture of events. The great mysteries of Egypt lie more unsolved than solved, I believe, and there is much more to find beneath the sand.
Hungary is 1000 yrz old too (in fact, 1113-14)! :)))
And thanx again for the info, Imhoteph for da win!
:iiiiimhoooteeeeph:
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