 The existence of lesser Hyksos kings in Egypt is currently debated.Ryholt has shown that a statement in Eusebius' epitome of the "Aegyptiaca" indicating that the Hyksos had vassals contains a corruption of Manetho's original text.Thus, he rejects the hypothesis that the 16th Dynasty comprised vassals of the Hyksos and maintains instead that it was a native Egyptian dynasty independently reigning over the Theban region between the fall of the 13th Dynasty and the advent of the 17th Dynasty.