Poole, Reginald S.: Horae Aegypticae: or, the chronology of ancient Egypt: discovered from astronomical and hieroglyphic records upon its monuments, including many dates found in coeval inscriptions from the period of the building of the Great Pyramid to the times of the Persians ; and illustrations of the history of the first nineteen dynasties, shewing the order of their succession, from the monuments (London, 1851)

Sect. III.]

" THE THIRD PYRAMID."

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new passage in the rock beneath it, leading to a new
chamber: thus the original entrance is found to be
at a considerable distance within the face of the Py-
ramid.

The names of the successors of Mencheres in the
Fourth Dynasty are not, as far as I know, found upon
the monuments. The same is the case with respect to
the Kings whom Africanus's list makes the fifth and
sixth Kings of the Fifth Dynasty; but the names
of the last three Kings of that Dynasty are found
together in the Royal Turin Papyrus, and the name
and square-title of the last are also found in hierogly-
phic inscriptions. These names, which I give in the
hieroglyphic characters corresponding to the hieratic of
the Papyrus, I now subjoin, with the lengths of their
reigns from the Royal Papyrus and Manetho (Afr.).





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Meu-ka-hor, 8 years. Tet. . . 28 years. Unas, 30 years.
Mencheres, 9 ,, Tancheres, 44 ,, Onnos, 33 „

Perhaps these differences in the lengths of reigns, as
stated in the Royal Papyrus and by Manetho, may be
thus explained. As we do not know the number of
months, the eight years of the Papyrus probably corre-
spond to the nine which Manetho assigns to Mencheres ;
the real sum having doubtless been eight years and
some months. The length of the reign of Tancheres in
Manetho is probably a repetition of that of Rhathures.
In the case of Onnos we cannot be sure that the units
have not dropped out in the Papyrus ; so that Manetho's
thirty-three years may be the correct sum.