AT-0685

King lists, Pharaonic Egypt

DOI · Academic research

verifiedRetraction / correction review1 usage record

Source record

This is one canonical bibliographic record with topic-scoped research-use entries. It does not reproduce the paper, book, text, dataset, image, or manuscript and does not imply that full text was reviewed.

Canonical source ID: AT-0685
Accepted usage IDs: AT-0685
Types: DOI
Roles: Academic research
Verification: verified
Archive state: unavailable-through-registered-public-or-tdm-routes
Access: unavailable-through-registered-public-or-tdm-routes
Rights: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1; http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1; not cleared
Public reproduction: Not cleared; citation and link only.
Correction / retraction: no retraction flag in checked Crossref/OpenAlex metadata

Recorded research uses

AT-0685

Egyptian King Lists

Why Ancient Inquiry uses this citation here

Concise specialist reference entry for the main Pharaonic list traditions, their historical use, and their selectivity.

What this usage does not establish

Bibliographic verification does not by itself establish that the full text was read.

Topics citing it and claims using it

Topic citing this source

Egyptian King Lists

Supporting citation for public claim

Egyptian king lists are real historical sources, but they are selective records that must be interpreted critically.

The documents are real and important, but they are not complete or neutral and cannot prove extreme claims alone.

Open claim topic

Supporting citation for public claim

Egyptian king lists are valuable chronological sources but are selective and incomplete.

Answer / theory: They are valuable but selective and incomplete. They must be cross-checked. What supports it: Physical lists and repeated ruler sequences. What is weak or disputed: Omissions, damage, and ideological selection. Evidence level: Strong Evidence with caution.

Open claim topic

Supporting citation for public claim

Selections and omissions in Egyptian king lists reflect each list's genre, purpose, and transmission history; a single motive cannot be assumed.

Answer / theory: Omissions often reflect legitimacy, theology, politics, or later memory. What supports it: Abydos omissions of some disruptive or contested rulers. What is weak or disputed: Exact motives can vary by list. Evidence level: Strong Evidence.

Open claim topic

Supporting citation for public claim

Some Egyptian chronographic traditions include divine or mythic prehistory, but that material is evidence for a tradition, not independent proof of historical divine dynasties.

Answer / theory: Some traditions include divine or mythic prehistory, but that is not the same as historical proof. What supports it: Egyptian religious and chronographic traditions. What is weak or disputed: No independent evidence confirms literal divine dynasties. Evidence level: Mythic but source-supported; historically weak.

Open claim topic

Supporting citation for public claim

Manetho's Aigyptiaka is important to later dynastic chronology but survives fragmentarily through transmission and must be interpreted by genre.

Answer / theory: No. Manetho is important but survives through later fragments and includes mythic or dynastic traditions that require interpretation. What supports it: Later excerpts preserve long chronological claims. What is weak or disputed: Original wording, transmission, and genre. Evidence level: Mixed Evidence for tradition; weak as literal chronology.

Open claim topic

Access and actions

King lists, Pharaonic Egypt