ABSTRACT
The kings of the XVIIth Dynasty, who began the work of the expulsion of the Hyksos, reigned at Thebes, and as they assumed the old title of “King of the South and North,” they were probably the descendants of the kings of the XIIth and XIIIth Dynasties. It is certain that for several generations these princes were vassals of the Hyksos, for remains of the Hyksos domination in the Upper Country have been found as far to the south as Gebelên. There must have been an interval of considerable length between the Theban kings of the XIIIth and XVIIth Dynasties, and during this period it seems that, for a time, the Theban power was transferred to Coptos, where a family of princes, who usually bore the name of Ȧntef-āa, reigned in succession for at least a century and a half. These princes were, most probably, descendants of the kings of the XIIIth Dynasty, and ancestors of those of the XVIIth Dynasty; their Rā names are of the same form as those of the kings of the XVIIth Dynasty, and their throne names closely resemble those of the kings of the XIIIth Dynasty. This group of princes has usually been assigned a place with the Menthu-ḥeteps of the XIth Dynasty, but in considering that dynasty we have shown good reasons for thinking it most probable that, whilst the Menthu-ḥeteps and their predecessor the Erpā ḥā Ȧntefȧ do in reality belong to the XIth Dynasty, the kings who bore the names of Antef-aa are to be transferred-”to the period between the XIIIth and XVIIth Dynasties. The reasons which have led to this conclusion have been already set forth, and they are therefore not repeated here; the names of this group of kings are as follows:—
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