[b-hebrew] Manetho
James Read
J.Read-2 at sms.ed.ac.uk
Wed Jun 10 10:35:46 EDT 2009
Hi all,
since Karl mentioned that the basis of Egyptian history is largely a
priest named Manetho I've been interested in how much Egyptian history
can be trusted. The following article on wikipedia about is interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manetho
Apparently the work that most of our Egyptian history is based on is
his Aegyptiaca. It gets worse, though. A quick glance of the
transmission of the Aegyptiaca calls into question how much of it
accurately refelcts Manetho's original work. Let alone just how
reliable a source Manetho was. Take a look at the transmission section
of the Aegyptiaca.
James Christian
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