Dudimose

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Dudimose was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. He was the last king of Egypt's 13th Dynasty, during the Second Intermediate Period. His death plunged Egypt into anarchy and chaos. He is a candidate for having been the Pharaoh during the Biblical Exodus, which is more often thought to have taken place during the 18th or 19th Dynasties. None of the Pharaohs who have been proposed can be definitively confirmed with the available evidence. Those favoring Dudimose point to the chaos and disaster that overtook Egypt following his reign as being more consistent with the Biblical story of the Exodus than the others, who generally enjoyed long reigns undisturbed by plagues or mass slave revolts.

The story of Dudimose and his fall is told by the ancient Egyptian chronicler Manetho (Dudimose is called Tutimaios in his records), whose history survives in fragments in Josephus, Africanus, and Eusebius.

Precise dates for Dudimose are unknown, but according to the commonly-accepted Egyptian chronology his reign probably ended around 1690 BC. David Rohl prefers to date the beginning of his reign to 1448 BC, and the end to 1447 BC, his date for the Exodus.

[edit] See also

• Ipuwer Papyrus
• Pharaoh of the Exodus
• Shiphrah
• Thrasyllus of Mendes

[edit] References

Pharaohs and Kings by David M. Rohl (New York, 1995). ISBN 0-609-80130-9