This is a Conventional Egyptian chronology.

Introduction

This conventional chronology of the rulers of ancient Egypt, taking into account well accepted developments during the 20th century but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.

Even within a single work, often archeologists will offer several possible dates or even several whole chronologies as possibilities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies between dates shown here and in articles on particular rulers. Often there are also several possible spellings of the names.

All dates are BC.

Sources

Predynastic Egypt is from Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt.
The dates of Dynasties 1 to 10 are from Baines and Malek, Atlas of Ancient Egypt (Oxford, 1980).
The dates of Dynasties 11 to 20 are from Kitchen, "The Basics of Egyptian Chronology in Relation to the Bronze Age", in Astrom (ed) High, Middle or Low (Gothengurg, 1987), taking his low chronology.
Ken Kitchen uses textual artifacts such as the form and sequence of the blessings and curses used to bind contracts, the price of slaves as mentioned in everything from cuneiform texts to the Bible in context with the political and cultural interactions of the Ancient Near East to get a range or spread of about a century plus or minus for his chronologies.
The dates of Dynasties 21 to 26 are from Kitchen, Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1973, Warminster).

(This information has been supplemented from The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, edited by Ian Shaw (Oxford, 2000), and Digital Egypt for Universities, which was developed by The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.)

It should be noted that there is a 60 year discrepancy between the dates proposed by these two authors. There is no attempt to remove this discrepancy in the combined chronology presented below.

This is a “Conventional Chronology” as discussed by David Rohl in A Test of Time (1995, Century). Though David Rohl bases his chronology on a number of conjectures which remain controversial such as there being more than one coterminous Dynasty in certain periods of Egyptian history and his spread or range of disagreement with other sources is close to three centuries in places, his theories have served to show how flimsy the substantive parts of Egyptian chronology actually are in places.

See also

Protodynastic Period

Dynasty 0 circa 3100–2920

Scorpion I
Double Falcon
Ny-Hor
Pe-Hor
Hat-Hor
Hedj-Hor
Crocodile
Scorpion II
Iry Hor
Ka
Narmer

Early Dynastic Period

1st Dynasty 2920-2770

Aha / Menes
Djer
Djet
Queen Merytneit
Den
Anedjib
Semerkhet
Qa'a

2nd Dynasty 2770-2650

Hotepsekhemwy
Raneb
Ninetjer
Sekhemib
Peribsen
Sened
Weneg
Khasekhem
Khasekhemwy

Position uncertain

Sneferka
Ba (two different writings, possibly two separate kings)

Old Kingdom

3rd Dynasty 2649-2575

Zanakht (= Nebka?) 2649-2630
Netjerkhet (Djoser)2630-2611
Sekhemkhet 2611-2603
Khaba 2603-2599
Sanakht (Nebka ?)
Huni (Horus Qahedjet ?)2599-2575

4th Dynasty 2575-2134

Sneferu 2575-2551
Khufu (Cheops) 2551-2528
Djedefre 2528-2520
Khafre (Chephren) 2520-2494
Nebka (Bikheris of later Greek-language sources)
Menkhaure (Mycerinus) 2490-2472
Shepseskaf 2472-2467
Thampthis (in later Greek-language sources)

5th Dynasty

Userkhaf 2465-2458
Sahure 2458-2446
Neferirkare Kakai 2446-2426
Shepseskare Ini 2426-2419
Neferefre 2419-2416
Niuserre Izi 2416-2392
Menkauhore 2396-2388
Djedkare Izezi 2388-2356
Wenis (Unas) 2356-2323

6th Dynasty

Teti 2323-2291
Userkare 2291-2289
Pepy I (Meryre) 2289-2255
Merenre Nemtyemzaf 2255-2246
Pepi II Neferkare 2246-2152

7th Dynasty 2150-2134

In the kinglist summaries from the third century BC historian Manetho, this is a group of 70 kings ruling 70 days: there is no evidence for this - it may be a later literary metaphor for chaos at the end of the Sixth Dynasty, chaos for which there is also no direct contemporary evidence.

Budge "The Nile" Thos. Cook and Sons, Egypt 1902 lists VII, VIII, from Memphis IX and X from Herocleopolis together giving the cartouches. Baines and Ma'lik give the dates 7th/8th

Nfr ka
Nfr sb
Nfr kau Ra
Xaroi
Nfr ka ra
Nfr ka ra nbi
Tet ka ra ma3t
Nfr ka ra xntu
Snfr ka
Ka n ra
Nfr ka ra trw l
Mr n Hrw
S nfr ka ra
Nfr ka Hrw
Nfr ka Ra Ppy snb
Nfr ka Ra an nu u
Nfr ka Ra
Nfr kau Hrw
Nfr ka ari Ra

8th Dynasty

Netjerikare
Menkare
Neferkare
Neferkare Nebi
Djedkare Shemai
Neferkare Khendu
Merenhor
Neferkamin
Nikare
Neferkare Tereru
Neferkahor
Neferkare Pepyseneb
Neferkamin Anu
Qakare Ibi
Neferkawre Kha...
Neferkawhor Khuwihap
Neferirkare

Kings with Unknown Position

Sekhemkare
Wadjkare
Ity
Iymhotep
Hotep ...re
Khui
Isu
Iytjenu

First Intermediate Period 2134 - 2040

9th and 10th Dynasties 2135-1986

Khety (I)
Neferkare
Khety (II)
Senen...

Khety (III)
Khety (IV)
Shed...y
H...
Wahkare Khety
Se...re Khety
Nebkawre Khety
Meryibre Khety
Merykare

11th Dynasty 2134-2040

(Dates from Baines and Ma'lek)

Montuhotep I 2080-2074
Inytoyef I (Sehertawy) 2074-2064 (2134-2118)
Inyotef II (Wahankh) 2064-2015 (2118-2069)
Inyotef III (Nakhtnebtepnefer) 2015-2007 (2069-2061)
Montuhotep II 2007-1986 (2061-2010)

Middle Kingdom 2040 - 1640

11th Dynasty (continued)

In Dynasty 11 from Thebes the Antefs first appear.

Control of Egypt shifts from the Delta to Thebes and Red Sea connections to Nub.

Erpa Antef (Erpa = hereditary prince)
hrw (mn?)|
hrw (Antef)|
hrw (Antef)|
hrw (?)|
Neter nefer (Antef)|
nswbt Sa Ra Antef
nswbt (Sa ra An naa)|
nswbt (Nub xepher Ra)| sa ra (Antwf)|
nswbt (kau ra)|
nswbt (Aba hrw ipw apu Ma3t)| sa ra (Antuf)| supporter of Horus the messenger who loves truth
nswbt (Aba rnpt ipwt Ma3t)| sa ra (Antfa)| youth of the messenger of truth son of the sun Antefa
nswbt se nfr ra
nswbt wsr s n ra
nswbt neb nem Ra
nswbt sa ra (mntu htp)|
nswbt (saRa mnt htp)|Montuhotep II (Nebhepetre) 1986-1956
nswbt (neb htp ra)| sa ra (mnt htp)|Montuhotep III (Sankhkare) 1956-1944
nswbt (neb t3w)| sa ra (mnt htp)| Montuhotep IV (Nebtawyre) 1944-1937
nswbt (neb xeru)| sa ra (mnt htp)|
nswbt (s ankh ka ra)|

Unknown Position

Intef Qakare
Iyibkhenetre
Segersen

12th Dynasty 1991 1783

(Dates from Baines and Ma'lek cartouches from Budge)

nswbt (shtp ab ra)| sa ra (amn m ht)|Amenemhat I (Sehetepibre) 1937-1908 (1991-1962)
nswbt (hpr ka ra)| sa ra (wsr srt sn)| Senuseret I (Kheperkare) 1917-1872 (1971-1926)
nswbt (nub kau ra)| sa ra (wsr srt sn)|Amenemhat II (Nubkaure) 1875-1840 (1929-1892)
nswbt ( )| ( )| Senuseret II (Khakheperre) 1842-1836 (1897-1878)
nswbt (ma3t mht3 n ra)|sa ra(amn m ht) Amenemhat III (Nimaartre) 1817-1772)(1844-1797)
nswbt ( )| ( )| Senuseret III (Khakaure) 1836-1817 (1878-1841)
nswbt (ma3t mht3 n ra)|sa ra(amn m ht) Amenemhat IV (Maakherure) 1772-1763(1799-1783)
nswbt (sebek nfru ra)| Neferusobek (Sobekkare) 1763-1759 (1787-1783)