egyptian pharaohs

Charlotte Booth lectures at Birbeck (University of London) and is a well-known Egyptologist, particularly in the Hyksos period of ancient Egypt, approximately 1660-1570 BC – although few Egyptologists agree on any dates until the Late Period. The dating system established by Dr William J. Murnane gives Horemheb’s reign as 1321-1293, 28 years. Booth goes along with the first date but makes his reign 15 years, and that he died in 1306. Contemporary propaganda suggests Horemheb dated his first year from the death of Amenhotep III (1349 BC), thus erasing from the record the Amarna period of Akhenaten’s ‘heretical’ reign and the confusion of the reigns of Smenkhkare, Tutankhamun and Ay which briefly followed. Booth devotes several pages to examining the many debates and suggests a shorter reign, backed by convincing arguments for it.

About The Author

Roger Michael Kean

Roger Michael Kean was the founder and managing director of Thalamus Publishing, which specialised in illustrated historical reference books for adults and children. He is also the author of Forgotten Power – Byzantium – Bulwark of Christianity, Exploring Ancient Egypt, The Complete Chronicle of the Emperors of Rome, and Pirates – Predators of the Seas (with Angus Konstam)