THE PRIMORDIAL DYNASTIES OF THE EGYPTIANS Part I Konstantinos Konstantinidis – Amphiktyon

 

THE PRIMORDIAL DYNASTIES OF THE EGYPTIANS Part I

Konstantinos Konstantinidis – Amphiktyon

Since much has been said about the earliest civilization that developed in Egypt, it is appropriate to examine the ancient dynasties of the Egyptians in order to determine from where their civilization was introduced.

Before the Great Flood, Egypt was ruled by the gods from 30,544 B.C. until 16,644 B.C. From 16,644 B.C. to 15,389 B.C., it was ruled by the demigods. Thereafter, the Heroes ruled for 11,985 years. Later began the era of the kings and the dynasties of the Spirits of the Dead.

Herodotus (Book II, 142) states that 11,340 years before his own time, Egypt was governed by the gods. After that, no god ever again appeared in human form.

A. The First Dynasties – The First Era

According to Manetho, the rulers of the first six dynasties of Egypt were all Greek gods and demigods. They were the first to organize Egypt as a state.

From 28,125 B.C., and according to others from 30,544 B.C., Hephaestus reigned together with his descendants for 11,985 years. These were: Hephaestus, Helios (son of Hephaestus), Sosis, Cronus, Osiris, Typhon (brother of Osiris), and Horus (son of Osiris).

Later, other kings continued to reign for 13,900 years. After the gods, the Heroes ruled for 1,255 years. They were followed by other powerful kings for 1,817 years. Then came thirty kings from Memphis, who ruled for 1,970 years, followed by ten Thinite kings for 350 years. Afterwards came the Spirits of the Dead, who ruled for 5,813 years.

The total amounts to 24,925 years, plus 3,200 years of the later period comprising the 32 dynasties up to the reign of the Ptolemies and Cleopatra, and a further 2,000 years to the present day, making a total of 30,125 years.

The Ancient Chronicle

According to George Syncellus, there existed in Egypt an ancient royal chronicle in which thirty dynasties comprising 113 generations were recorded. According to Manetho, these dynasties ruled Egypt for 36,525 years before the time of Alexander the Great.

Manetho refers to Hephaestus and his first six successors as gods. According to him, Hephaestus I and his descendants ruled for 11,985 years. Some translators reinterpret these years as lunar years, reducing them to 722¾ years, something which, according to the author, is inaccurate. If this interpretation were accepted, then the reigns of the other dynasties would also have to be considered lunar years. Such an approach, however, would effectively eliminate all the later dynasties and, consequently, much of both Egyptian and Greek history up to the time of Alexander the Great.(15/7/26)