Josephus says that Abraham brought with him from Ur a knowledge of astronomy and arithmetic which he taught the Egyptians. The great pyramid of Khufu is usually assigned a date about 2550 B.C., but a more realistic date should be about 1875 B.C. 1 The conflicting figures may convey to the inexperienced reader the problemsįacing scholars trying to arrive at correct figures for Egyptian chronology. The figures listedīelow are as given in the monuments, Manetho, and those assigned by Breasted and The exact lengths of reign are problematical. The difficulty and uncertainty in assigning dates can be illustrated by the following The Bible also can be used as a reliable source. Is very specific and is consistent with Assyrian chronology,
Far more reliable than Egyptian chronology and should be usedĪs the basis for chronological calculations, and as biblical chronology
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