ABSTRACT
WHAT date and what duration can we assign to the kingdoms of the Delta and the Valley, founded by the adherents of Horus and Seth ? We have no historical datum save one—the reigns of Horus of the Two Eyes and Seth are earlier in history than the appearance of Horus, Son of Isis. As soon as the gods of the family of Osiris come on the scene as leaders of human groups, Horus and Seth are eclipsed and make way before them, like old chiefs who are respected for their past glory, but are given only secondary rôles; and even these rôles are modified and varied at need. A new force rises in the Delta, and it is in the Delta that historical interest now concentrates, before it spreads to the Valley.
