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HISTORICAL truth compels me to remark that it is inexact to say that the dating by the Egyptians is only “modern calculations” (NATURE, June 5, p. 788). All three ancient versions of the lists of kings named by Manetho also state the totals of each of the three great periods; excepting the last, which is not in dispute, only named in one version. These totals count up to Alexander. Where these lists can be checked by external sources they show that overlapping periods of rule were eliminated. It is quite impossible to discuss the details here, hut at least the facts justify my statement of the Egyptian reckoning.
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PETRIE, F. Egyptian History. Nature 118, 157 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118157d0
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