Polity Abydos Dynasty

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Was a small polity that became independent from Ancient Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt.

Establishment

  • January 1649 BC: The discovery of the tomb of an unknown pharaoh, Senebkay, accredits the thesis of a possible local dynasty, baptized "Dynasty of Abydos" which would be parallel to the XVth and XVIth dynasties.

Chronology

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1. Second Intermediate Period

Was a period when ancient Egypt was broken into smaller dynasties for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom.

1.1. Secession of Abydos Dinasty

Creation of one of the many local dynasties that emerged in Ancient Egypt during the second intermediate period.

  • January 1649 BC: The discovery of the tomb of an unknown pharaoh, Senebkay, accredits the thesis of a possible local dynasty, baptized "Dynasty of Abydos" which would be parallel to the XVth and XVIth dynasties.
  • January 1599 BC: The Abydos Dynasty disappeared approximately in 1600 BC.

Disestablishment

  • January 1599 BC: The Abydos Dynasty disappeared approximately in 1600 BC.

Selected Sources

  • "Giant Sarcophagus Leads Penn Museum Team in Egypt To the Tomb of a Previously Unknown Pharaoh". Penn Museum. January 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014 on https://web.archive.org/web/20150420164031/http://www.penn.museum/press-releases/1032-pharaoh-senebkay-discovery-josef-wegner.html
  • Detlef Franke, « Zur Chronologie des Mittleren Reiches. Teil II: Die sogenannte Zweite Zwischenzeit Altägyptens », dans : Orientalia 57 (1988), p. 259
  • Kim Steven Bardrum Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c. 1800–1550 BC, Copenhague, Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997, 463 p