Ninth Dynasty of Egypt
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The Ninth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty IX) is often combined with Dynasties VII, VIII, X and XI (Thebes only) under the group title First Intermediate Period. Dynasties IX and X date approximately from 2160 to 2025 BC.[1] The dynasty that seems to have supplanted the 8th Dynasty is extremely obscure. The takeover by the rulers of Herakleopolis was violent and is reflected in Manetho's description of Akhtoy I, the founder of the dynasty, as 'more terrible than his predecessors', who 'wrought evil things for those in all Egypt".
Rulers [edit]
Known rulers in the Ninth Dynasty[2] are as follows (dates are uncertain):
| Name | Comments |
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| Wakhare Khety I | - |
| Merykare | - |
| Neferkare III | - |
| Wankhare Khety II | - |
Dynasty IX was founded at Herakleopolis Magna, and Dynasty X 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.[3]
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: Oxford University Press, 1961), 112-113.
- ^ Sir Alan Gardiner, Egypt of the Pharaohs (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961), 112-113.
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