This volume investigates the chronological succession and historical records of the Egyptian pharaohs spanning the Twentieth through the Thirtieth Dynasties. E. A. Wallis Budge, a prominent Egyptologist and curator at the British Museum, utilizes his extensive access to primary source inscriptions, stelae, and king lists to reconstruct the political lineage of late-period Egypt. The work provides a systematic framework for understanding the transition of power during a period marked by foreign influence and internal decline.

Experts recognize this work as a foundational, albeit dated, reference for those studying the late dynastic period of Egypt. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the reliance on early 20th-century archaeological interpretations.