"Robert G. Morkot has come to the alarming conclusion that because Egyptologists regard Egypt in isolation, ‘the minutiae of chronology does not matter because at least for the New Kingdom, the relative sequence of kings is certain so the absolute dates are less important.’"
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Robert G. Morkot , quoted in : Nick Collins - How Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent Shaped the World (2022)
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Robert Morkot
Robert George Morkot, FSA (1957 – 21 October 2025) was an archaeologist and academic, specialising in Ancient Egypt.
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