Timeline of events in Ancient Egypt

**Bold print indicates periods discussed in "Tutankhamun: New Details of the Boy King"

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TIMELINE

2950-2575 BC: 1st-3rd Dynasties

• Creation of the Capital of Memphis
  
• First pyramid built - Step pyramid at Saqqara

2575-2150 BC: 4th-8th Dynasties

• Great Pyramids built at Giza

2125-1975 BC: 9th-11th Dynasties

• Egypt splits into two smaller states with capitals at Memphis and Thebes

1975-1640 BC: 11th-14th Dynasties

• Mentuhotep reunites Egypt
• Classical period of art and literature

1630-1520 BC: 15th-17th Dynasties

1539-1075 BC: 18th-20th Dynasties

• Elaborate tombs built in Valley of the Kings
  
• King Akhenaten attempts to introduce a monotheistic religion
  
• Brief reign of Tutankhamun
  
• Ramses II rules for 67 years

332 BC-395 AD

• Alexander the Great occupies Egypt
  
• Rosetta Stone Carved
  
• Egypt becomes part of Roman Empire
  
• Cleopatra reigns

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