Tenth Dynasty of Egypt

{{Short description|Dynasty of ancient Egypt}} {{Infobox Former Country | conventional_long_name = Tenth Dynasty of Egypt | era = Bronze Age | government_type = Absolute monarchy | nation = | image_map = Tomb Khety II Mariette.jpg | image_map_caption = Inscription on the tomb Khety II, nomarch of Pharaoh Merykare, Mariette | image_flag = | flag = | flag_type = | year_start = c. 2130 BC | year_end = c. 2040 BC | p1 = Eighth Dynasty of Egypt | flag_p1 = | p2 = Ninth Dynasty of Egypt | flag_p2 = | s1 = Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt | flag_s1 = | capital = Herakleopolis Magna | common_languages = Egyptian language | religion = ancient Egyptian religion | event_start = | event_end = }}

{{Egyptian Dynasty list}} The '''Tenth Dynasty''' of ancient Egypt ('''Dynasty X''') is often combined with the 7th, 8th, 9th and early 11th Dynasties under the group title First Intermediate Period.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Shaw |editor-first=Ian |title=The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt |year=2000 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-815034-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordhisto00shaw/page/480 480] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordhisto00shaw/page/480 }}</ref>

== Rulers == The 9th Dynasty was founded at Herakleopolis Magna, and the 10th Dynasty continued there. At this time Egypt was not unified, and there is some overlap between these and other local dynasties. The Turin Canon lists eighteen kings for this royal line, but their names are damaged, unidentifiable, or lost.<ref>Sir Alan Gardiner, ''Egypt of the Pharaohs'', Oxford University Press, 1961, pp. 112-13.</ref>

The following is a ''possible'' list of rulers of the Tenth Dynasty based on the Turin Canon, as Egyptologists have differing opinions about the order of succession within the two dynasties. Among them, only Wahkare Khety and Merykare are undoubtedly attested by archaeological finds:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;" width="60%" |+'''Tenth Dynasty (according to Hayes)''' (c. 2130 – 2040 BC)<ref>William C. Hayes, in ''The Cambridge Ancient History'', vol 1, part 2, 1971 (2008), Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|0-521-077915}}, p. 996.</ref> |- ! Name !Image ! Comments |- | Meryhathor(?) |70px | Existence doubtful, known from a damaged graffito at Hatnub |- | Neferkare VIII | | Might be the ''Kaneferre'' mentioned in the tomb of the nomarch Ankhtifi |- | Wahkare Khety III |70px | Possibly the purported author of the ''Teaching for King Merykare'' |- | Merykare |70px | Main opponent of the Theban pharaoh Mentuhotep II |- | ''Name lost'' | | An ephemeral ("x months") successor of Merykare |}

== References == {{reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-bef | before = Ninth Dynasty }} {{s-ttl | title = Dynasty of Egypt | years = c. 2130 – c. 2040 BC }} {{s-aft | after = Eleventh Dynasty }} {{s-end}}

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