Chronological Problems of the IIIrd Egyptian Dynasty

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The principal aim of this work is to analyze certain archaeological documents of the third Egyptian dynasty (2649–2575 BC) that are important for the establishment of a potential chronological sequence of kings – a fraught question in Egyptology. In three chapters, the first dedicated to iconographical analysis of the royal reliefs of the third dynasty, the second to the Bet Khallaf necropolis, with particular attention to the architectural analysis of the burial places, and the last focusing on textual analysis of the seal impressions found in that necropolis, the author considers evidence relevant to the chronology of the dynasty, and applies iconographic and other analyses to propose an update to past interpretations, arguing for the position of Sanakht at the beginning of the sequence, and for a list of six kings: Horus Sanakht, Horus Netjerykhet (Djoser), Horus Sekhemkhet, Horus Khaba, Horus Qahedjet and (Horus?) Huni.