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liarity with regions approximating to Egypt, I can deduce philologi- 

 cally from graven records and on the surest grounds, — I do not think 

 I shall have overstepped the threshhold rashly, apart the minor details 

 of identification which may have encouraged me in the attempt. 



On the material point of chronological coincidence, I cannot be 

 clear until I have laid before the reader, the Chevalier Bunsen's sum- 

 mary of results, derived from his acute examination of all authorities, 

 bearing on the Ancient History of Egypt, as follows : — 



" Chronological review of the Egyptian successions from the oldest 

 historical contemporary point of incident, to the first year of Menes. 



The re-discovered era of Menophthah. 



We have found by means of critical examination into the internal 

 evidence of the kings' lists and the monumental records, the following 

 reckonings : — 



The eighteenth dynasty lasted in nine reigns, 229 years. 



The nineteenth, „ „ five „ 112 



The twentieth, „ „ twelve „ 185 



The twenty-first, „ „ seven „ 130 



That is, in 33 reigns, 656 years. 



The common average of the duration of these reigns, 1 9^- years. 

 „ „ of those of the eighteenth,. . . . 25f 



„ „ of the nineteenth, 22f 



„ „ of the twentieth, ^^T2 



„ „ of the twenty-first, 18f 



Our tables of cotemporary chronology (given at length in the fourth 

 Book) show that reckoning upwards. The fifth year of Rehoboam 

 corresponds with the 21st year of Sheshonk-Sesak, first king of the 

 dynasty next ensuing, both periods corresponding with the 962nd year 

 before the birth of Christ ; for our investigation into synchronisms 

 shows that the earliest possible period, we can assume is 963, the latest 

 961 : taking 962 as the mean, we find by reckoning upwards from 

 this date the following dates for the main periods of the Egyptian 

 successions through which we have as yet run. 



First year of Sheshonk (XXII. 1), B.C. 982 



End of the 21st dynasty (lasted 130 years), 983 



Beginning of ditto, , 1112 



