Twenty-Eighth Dynasty. From Saïs. B.C. 420 (?). According to the King List of Manetho the XXVIIIth dynasty consisted of one king, who was named Amyrtaios; Julius Africanus and the Syncellus state that he reigned six years, and make Saïs the seat of his rule. At one time authorities identified Amyrtaios with the king Amen-ruț, whose is found on a plank from a coffin preserved at Berlin. The form of the prenomen, however, proves that Amen-rut lived at a period anterior to Amyrtaios, and the identification must, therefore, be abandoned. Twenty-Ninth Dynasty. From Mendes. B.C. 399. Of the five kings of this dynasty only three appear to have left remains, viz. Naifāauruț (Nepherites), Haker (Achoris), and Psamut; their reigns were unimportant, their total length being only about twenty-one years. Thirtieth Dynasty. From Sebennytus. B.C. 378. Nekht-Heru-hebt, the Nektanebês and Nektanebus I of B.C. 378. classica! writers, succeeded in overthrowing the dynasty of Mendes, and made himself king of all Egypt, which he ruled with success for a period of eighteen years. He repaired several of the temples of Memphis and Thebes, and the temple of Darius I at Al-Khârgah, and revived the custom of setting up obelisks. He also founded the temple of Horus at Hebt, the modern Behbît-alHagârah. During his prosperous reign more attention was given to the performance of ceremonies connected with the |