Thebes

Region: Egypt & North Africa · Coordinates: 25.665, 32.632 · 10 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
2125 BCManetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments)Eleventh dynasty: among the sixteen kings of Diospolis (Thebes), Ammenemes reigned 16 years.
1991 BCManetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments)Twelfth dynasty (seven kings of Diospolis): Ammanemes was killed by eunuchs.
1773 BCManetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments)Thirteenth dynasty: sixty kings of Diospolis (Thebes); their names are not preserved. tradition
1667 BCManetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments)The eighteenth dynasty (sixteen kings of Diospolis) begins: in the time of Amosis, Moses is said to have left Egypt. tradition
1650 BCManetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments)The kings of Thebes and other places rebelled against the Hyksos; after a long war, Alisphragmuthosis drove them out of the rest of Egypt and confined them to a territory of ten thousand acres.
1504 BCBreasted, Ancient Records of EgyptAccession decree of Thutmose I: the king's orders (titles and oath name) sent to the southern governor.
1427 BCBreasted, Ancient Records of EgyptThe king returned to Amun at Thebes and personally executed seven chiefs; six were hung before the walls of Thebes.
1404 BCManetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments)Nineteenth dynasty (seven kings of Diospolis) begins: Sethos reigned 51 years.
1195 BCManetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments)Twentieth dynasty: twelve kings of Diospolis (Thebes), 135 years.
AD 19Tacitus, Annals and HistoriesHe tours Egypt's marvels, the Colossus of Memnon and the pyramids
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