The subjoined table gives the date of the beginning of each of the old Egyptian dynasties as preserved in Manetho's Chronology, according to the interpretations of M. Mariette, Professor Lepsius, and Sir Gardner Wilkinson.

		Marlette.		Lepsius.	Wilkinson.
Dynasties.		b.c.		b.c.	b.c.
I.		5004		3892	2700
II.		4751		3639	—
III.		4449		3338	—
IV.		4235		3124	2450
V.		3951		2840	—
VI.		3703		2740	2240
		3500		2592	—
		3400		2522	—
		3358		2674	—
		3249		2565	—
XI.	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	3064	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}}$	2423	—
XII.				2380	2080
		2851		2136	—
		2398		2167	—
XV.	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	2214	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}}$	2101	—
XVI.				1842	—
XVII.				1684	—
XVIII.		1703		1591	1520
XIX.		1462		1443	1310
XX.		1288		1269	1200
XXI.		1110		1091	1085
XXII.		980		961	990
XXIII.		810		787	818
XXIV.		721		729	—
XXV.		716		716	714
XXVI.		665		685	664
XXVII.		627		625	—
XXVIII.		406		426	—
XXIX.		399		399	399
XXX.		378		378	378
Second Persian Conquest.		340		340	340