In the Manethonian tradition, Salitis (Greek Σάλιτις, also Salatis or Saites) was the first Hyksos king, the one who subdued and ruled Lower Egypt and founded the 15th Dynasty. Salitis is mainly known from a few passages of Flavius Josephus ' work Contra Apionem; for these passages, Josephus claimed to have reported Manetho 's original words.

Salitis, the first Hyksos king of Egypt and founder of the 15th dynasty. The Hyksos were Middle Bronze Age Palestinian invaders who infiltrated Egypt gradually and seized the kingship.

Feb 10, 2023 · Manetho’s first Hyksos “king,” Salatis (variously “Salitus” or “Salitis”), may seem at first to have nothing to do with the biblical Joseph in name. But the name Salitis is of particular note.

May 11, 2017 · Manetho hinted that Salitis was the first Hyksos king over Lower Egypt and the one, who founded the 15th Dynasty, (some scholars suggested (without sufficient evidence) that the Hyksos also founded the 16 th dynasty). The Hyksos Were Driven Out From Egypt

Salitis was the 1st king of the 15th Dynasty. Northern Egypt was under Hyksos rulers throughout the Dynasty. The Hyksos are the Asiatics that invaded/migrated through Sinai and settled in the Delta. The Hyksos controlled all the Nile Delta and Northern Egypt.

It was founded by Salitis, a Hyksos from West Asia whose people had invaded the country and conquered Lower Egypt. [1] The 15th, 16th, and 17th Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Second Intermediate Period. The 15th Dynasty dates approximately from 1650 to 1550 BC. [2] [3]

Salitis, the first king of the Hyksos dynasty, filled the power vacuum created by the collapse of the Fourteenth Dynasty by leading his people into the Nile Delta and peacefully establishing his capital at Avaris.

Salitis, also called Shaek, or Sultan, was the founder of the great Hyksos dynasty. He gained this position by capturing Memphis and established himself as a powerful ruler, higher than the other royal families in the capitol city.

According to Manetho, Salitis (Ancient Greek: Σάλιτις, also Salatis or Saites) was a Hyksos Pharaoh and the founder of the Fifteenth Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period. He subdued and ruled over Lower Egypt from his capital at Avaris.

The hieroglyphs of Salitis, including rare variants, with detailed descriptions of the titles and the sources of the name. Salitis was the first pharaoh of the Fifteenth Dynasty.