#is so wrong

Leland Townsend | Sheryl Luria

no i have brain cells

Alright, Manetho is not the best source on Egyptian history, but he does give us some ideas as to what the hell was going on. For example, Manetho says that in the 7th dynasty there were 70 kings who lasted 70 days. Now, one king a day is highly unrealistic, but it could just be his explanation of how turbulent Egypt was when Pepi II died at the end of the 6th dynasty. Manetho's years are usually grossly exaggerated. He says that the 9th dynasty lasted 409 years, but it's most likely less than half of that. His names are also super off, which isn't surprising because it's difficult to spell Egyptian names in Greek. He says that in the 9th dynasty there was a king named Achthoês (probably Khety) who was cruel and was eventually "smitten with madness, and was killed by a crocodile." He also has named a king in the wrong dynasty before, such as calling Ammenemês (Amenemhet I) the last king of the 11th dynasty, when he was really the first of the 12th who implemented coregency with his son Sesostris I. So basically don't trust Manetho unless scholars say a section is correct.