Facsimile reissue of detailed genealogy and chronology for the principal royal and priestly families of the 19th–25th Dynasties of the Late New Kingdom in Egypt.

The period of Egypt’s Ramesside empire is best known for its foreign wars and monumental buildings but the chronological history of many of its rulers and pre-eminent priests and their genealogies was poorly understood. While it was not possible to fi x the chronology exactly, a combination of known dates or date ranges, such as for the accession of Ramesses II, and the determination of family trees that extended over a large period, enabled Bierbrier to present a much closer definition of the span of individual dynasties and their key figures than had been possible previously. That volume is reissued here in facsimile. An important source of information is the genealogical references on funerary statues and tomb paintings, though vocabulary used is limited and often ambiguous. There are also several types of statuary, set up by individuals for different purposes, most frequently by sons or descendants to cause the name of the deceased to live on, many of which may have been created before the death of the individual commemorated. Taking into account these, and other difficulties, Bierbrier’s painstaking research proved groundbreaking in elucidating the chronology, sequences of events and family connections of the period from the official families of the XIXth Dynasty through those of the XXVth.

• Cover
• Abbreviations
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter I The Official Families of Dynasties XIX and XX
  • The Chronological Background
  • The Bakenkhons Family
    • Chart I
  • The Family of the Mayor Amenmose
  • The Family of Tjanefer
    • Chart II
  • The Family of Ramessesnakht
    • Chart III
  • The Family of Imiseba
    • Chart IV
  • The Chronological and Historical Implications
• Chapter II The Workmen of Deir el-Medina
  • The Family of the Foreman Neferhotep
    • Chart V
  • The Family of the Workman Pashedu
    • Chart VI
  • The Careers of the Scribe Kenherkhepeshef and his Wife
    • Chart VII
  • The Family of Sennedjem
    • Chart VIII
  • The Family of Kaha
    • Chart IX
  • The Family of the Scribe Amennakht x
    • Chart X
  • Chronological Conclusions
• Chapter III The Families of Dynasty XXI
  • The Historical Background
  • The Family of the High Priests of Amun
    • Chart XI
  • The Descendants of Ipuy I
    • Chart XII
• Chapter IV The Families of Dynasty XXII and Dynasty XXIII
  • The Royal Line
    • Chart XIII A
    • Chart XIII B
    • Chart XIII C
    • Chart XIII D
  • The Family of Nesipakashuti
    • Chart XIV
  • The Family of Neseramun
    • Chart XV
  • The Family of Nebneteru
    • Chart XVI
  • The Family of the Fourth Prophet DjedThutefankh
    • Chart XVII
  • The Viziers Nakhtefmut and the Ankhpakhered Family
    • Charts XVIII A, B, C, D.
    • Chart XIX
    • Chart XX
    • Chart XXI
  • The Besenmut Family
    • Chart XXII
    • Chart XXIII A
    • Chart XXIII B
    • Chart XXIV
  • Chronological Conclusions
    • Chart XXV
• Chapter V The Families of Dynasty XXIV and Dynasty XXV
  • Chronological Considerations
  • The Families of Montemhat and Besenmut
    • Chart XXVI
• Chapter VI Conclusion
  • Chronological Conclusions
  • General Political Conclusions
  • Demographic Conclusions
• Footnotes
• Bibliography