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List of Ancient Egyptian dynasties - wikipedia List of Ancient Egyptian dynasties The 31 pre-Ptolemaic dynasties by the length of their rule ( in 25 - year bins ) , each dynasty being a coloured box . The early dynasties and the three Kingdoms are blue , with darker colours meaning older . Intermediate periods are red , orange , and yellow . Note that multiple dynasties could reign from different cities simultaneously in intermediate periods and at the end of the Middle Kingdom . Dynastic reigning times are often very approximate ; the above uses the dates of the Egyptian dynasty list template . Dynasties of Ancient Egypt All years are BC Early ( show ) First Dynasty c. 3150 -- 2890 Second Dynasty II 2890 -- 2686 Old Kingdom ( show ) Third Dynasty III 2686 -- 2613 Fourth Dynasty IV 2613 -- 2498 Fifth Dynasty V 2498 -- 2345 Sixth Dynasty VI 2345 -- 2181 First Intermediate ( show ) Seventh Dynasty VII spurious Eighth Dynasty VIII 2181 -- 2160 Ninth Dynasty IX 2160 -- 2130 Tenth Dynasty X 2130 -- 2040 Early Eleventh Dynasty XI 2134 -- 2061 Middle Kingdom ( show ) Late Eleventh Dynasty XI 2061 -- 1991 Twelfth Dynasty XII 1991 -- 1803 Thirteenth Dynasty XIII 1803 -- 1649 Fourteenth Dynasty XIV 1705 -- 1690 Second Intermediate ( show ) Fifteenth Dynasty XV 1674 -- 1535 Sixteenth Dynasty XVI 1660 -- 1600 Abydos Dynasty 1650 -- 1600 Seventeenth Dynasty XVII 1580 -- 1549 New Kingdom ( show ) Eighteenth Dynasty XVIII 1549 -- 1292 Nineteenth Dynasty XIX 1292 -- 1189 Twentieth Dynasty XX 1189 -- 1077 Third Intermediate ( show ) Twenty - first Dynasty XXI 1069 -- 945 Twenty - second Dynasty XXII 945 -- 720 Twenty - third Dynasty XXIII 837 -- 728 Twenty - fourth Dynasty XXIV 732 -- 720 Twenty - fifth Dynasty XXV 732 -- 653 Late Period ( show ) Twenty - sixth Dynasty XXVI 672 -- 525 Twenty - seventh Dynasty ( 1st Persian Period ) XXVII 525 -- 404 Twenty - eighth Dynasty XXVIII 404 -- 398 Twenty - ninth Dynasty XXIX 398 -- 380 Thirtieth Dynasty XXX 380 -- 343 Thirty - first Dynasty ( 2nd Persian Period ) XXXI 343 -- 332 Ptolemaic ( Hellenistic ) ( show ) Argead Dynasty 332 -- 305 Ptolemaic Kingdom 323 -- 30 See also : List of Pharaohs by Period and Dynasty In Ancient Egyptian history , dynasties are series of rulers sharing a common origin . They are usually , but not always , of the same family . Ancient Egypt 's historical period is traditionally divided into thirty - two pharaonic dynasties . The first thirty divisions are due to the 3rd century BC Egyptian priest Manetho , and appeared in his now - lost work Aegyptiaca , which was perhaps written for the Greek - speaking Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt . The names of the last two , the short - lived Thirty - First Dynasty and the longer - lasting Ptolemaic Dynasty , are later coinings . While widely used and useful , the system does have its shortcomings . Some dynasties only ruled part of Egypt and existed concurrently with other dynasties based in other cities . The Seventh might not have existed at all , the Tenth seems to be a continuation of the Ninth , and there might have been one or several Upper Egyptian Dynasties before the First Dynasty . This page lists articles on dynasties of Ancient Egypt . The cities in which power seems to have been held in each dynasty follow their names , in brackets . Contents 1 Early Dynastic Period 2 Old Kingdom 3 First Intermediate Period 4 Middle Kingdom 5 Second Intermediate Period 6 New Kingdom 7 Third Intermediate Period 8 Late Period 9 Graeco - Roman Period 10 See also 11 Footnotes 12 References Early Dynastic Period ( edit ) First Dynasty of Egypt ( Thinis ) Second Dynasty of Egypt ( Thinis ) Old Kingdom ( edit ) Third Dynasty of Egypt ( Memphis ) Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ( Memphis ) Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ( Memphis ) Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ( Memphis ) First intermediate period ( edit ) Seventh Dynasty of Egypt ( Memphis , according to Manetho ) , usually considered spurious . Eighth Dynasty of Egypt ( Memphis , according to Manetho ) Ninth Dynasty of Egypt ( Herakleopolis Magna ) Tenth Dynasty of Egypt ( Herakleopolis Magna ) , continuation of the ninth Middle Kingdom ( edit ) Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt ( Thebes ) Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt ( Itjtawy , Faiyum region ) Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt ( Itjtawy ) Second Intermediate Period ( edit ) Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt ( Avaris ) Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt ( Avaris ) Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt ( obscure , Thebes or Avaris ) Abydos dynasty ( obscure , Abydos ) Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ( Thebes ) , concurrent with the Fifteenth Dynasty New Kingdom ( edit ) Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt ( Thebes , Amarna , then again Thebes ) Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ( Thebes , Memphis , then Pi - Ramesses ) Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt ( Pi - Ramesses ) Third Intermediate Period ( edit ) Twenty - first Dynasty of Egypt ( Tanis ) High Priests of Amun at Thebes Twenty - second Dynasty of Egypt ( Bubastis ) Twenty - third Dynasty of Egypt ( obscure , perhaps Herakleopolis Magna , Hermopolis Magna , or Thebes ) Twenty - fourth Dynasty of Egypt ( Sais , Western Nile Delta ) Twenty - fifth Dynasty of Egypt ( Memphis , under foreign control of Napata , Nubia ) Late Period ( edit ) Twenty - sixth Dynasty of Egypt ( Sais ) Twenty - seventh Dynasty of Egypt or the First Egyptian Satrapy ( under control of the First Persian Empire ) Twenty - eighth Dynasty of Egypt ( Sais ) Twenty - ninth Dynasty of Egypt ( Mendes ) Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt ( Sebennytos ) Thirty - first Dynasty of Egypt or the Second Egyptian Satrapy ( under control of the First Persian Empire ) Graeco - Roman Period ( edit ) Ptolemaic dynasty ( Alexandria ) Roman Period ( Alexandria , under control of Rome ) See also ( edit ) Ancient Egypt portal List of Pharaohs Egyptian chronology Conventional Egyptian chronology Footnotes ( edit ) Jump up ^ For example , neither of the last two pharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty , Ay and Horemheb , were related to the other pharaohs of the dynasty . The latter is thought to have been of common birth . Jump up ^ Starting on the far right of this chart , only one dynasty lasted over 250 years ( 18th dynasty ) . Two dynasties lasted between 200 and 225 years ( two boxes ) . One dynasty lasted between 175 and 200 years ( one box ) , etc . References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : Hratch Papazian ( 2015 ) . `` The State of Egypt in the Eighth Dynasty '' . In Peter Der Manuelian ; Thomas Schneider . Towards a New History for the Egyptian Old Kingdom : Perspectives on the Pyramid Age . Harvard Egyptological Studies . BRILL . Jump up ^ Wilkinson , Toby ( 2010 ) . `` Timeline '' . The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt . New York : Random House . p. xiii . ISBN 9781408810026 . The system of dynasties devised in the third century B.C. is not without its problems -- for example , the Seventh Dynasty is now recognized as being wholly spurious , while several dynasties are known to have ruled concurrently in different parts of Egypt ... Jump up ^ Seidlmayer , Stephan ( 2000 ) . Shaw , Ian , ed . The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt . Oxford University Press . p. 118 . ISBN 0 - 19 - 815034 - 2 . After the 8th Dynasty power was held by a succession of rulers originating from Herakleopolis Magna , which was located in northern Middle Egypt . These kings appear as both the 9th and 10th Dynasties in Manetho 's history , having been mistakenly subdivided in the course of the transmission of the original king - list . <Th_colspan="3"> Ancient Egypt topics <Td_colspan="3"> Outline Index Major topics Glossary of artifacts <Td_colspan="2"> Agriculture Architecture ( Egyptian Revival architecture ) Art Astronomy Chronology Cities ( list ) Clothing Cuisine Dynasties Funerary practices Geography Great Royal Wives History Language Literature Mathematics Medicine Military Music Mythology People Pharaohs ( list ) Philosophy Religion Sites Technology Trade Writing <Td_colspan="2"> Egyptology Egyptologists Museums <Td_colspan="3"> Book Ancient Egypt portal WikiProject Commons Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_ancient_Egyptian_dynasties&oldid=861998222 '' Categories : Dynasties of ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt - related lists Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2013 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Ελληνικά Euskara 한국어 Հայերեն Русский Српски / srpski Suomi Türkçe Tiếng Việt 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 1 October 2018 , at 14 : 21 ( UTC ) . 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