Editing Djoser (section)

=== Period of reign ===
Various sources provide various dates for Djoser's reign. Professor of Ancient Near East history  [[Marc van de Mieroop]] dates Djoser's reign to somewhere between 2686 BC to 2648 BC.{{sfn|Mieroop|2010|p=55}} Authors [[Joann Fletcher]] and Michael Rice date his reign from 2667 BC to 2648 BC giving a regnal period of 18 partial or complete years.{{sfn|Fletcher|2015|p=7}}{{sfn|Rice|1999|p=50}} Rice further states that Nebkha was Djoser's brother and predecessor. Writer Farid Atiya provides a similar regnal period to Fletcher and Rice, offset by a single year &ndash; 2668 BC to 2649 BC.{{sfn|Atiya|2006|pp=30 & 103}} This dating is supported by authors Rosalie and Charles Baker in ''Ancient Egypt: People of the Pyramids''.{{sfn|Baker|Baker|2001|p=17}} Egyptologist Abeer el-Shahawy in association with the [[Egyptian Museum]] in Cairo places Djoser's reign to the period of 2687 BC to 2668 BC for a similar 18 partial or complete years.{{sfn|El-Shahawy|Al-Masri|2005|p=39}} Author Margaret Bunson places Djoser as the second ruler of the Third Dynasty, and places his reign to the period of 2630 BC to 2611 BC for 19 partial or complete year reign.{{sfn|Bunson|2014|p=103}} In her chronology, Djoser is preceded by Nebka as the "Founder of the Third Dynasty", reigning for the period 2649 BC to 2630 BC.{{sfn|Bunson|2014|pp=105 & 264}} She, like Rice, makes Nebka a brother of Djoser.{{sfn|Bunson|2014|p=264}}