How old is the Ancient Egypt?

The establishment of the Egyptian chronology presents substantial difficulties, since a great many documents contain chronological contradictions. Let us examine the correlation between the classical History by Herodotus, and the consensual chronology. In his consecutive and coherent account of Egyptian history, Herodotus calls Kheops the successor of Rhampsinitos. The modern commentator will immediately correct in the following manner: Herodotus creates confusion in chronology of Egypt Rhampsinitos (Ramses the Second) was a king of the 19th dynasty: (1345-1200 b.c.), whereas Kheops belonged to the 4th dynasty: (2600-2480 b.c.). The discrepancy here equals 1200 years, no less. Just think of what the figure implies and of its sheer value: twelve: hundred: years! Let us carry on. According to Herodotus, Asychis was succeeded by Anysis. The leap is one of 1800 years. In general, it turns out that The chronology of kings given by Herodotus does not concur with that found in the fragments of Manethos list of kings. As a rule, the chronology of Herodotus is much shorter than the consensual version.

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