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Period: 2686 BCE to 2130 BCE
Old Kingdom Begin
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2650 BCE
First stone pyramid built in Saqqara for the pharaoh Djose
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2500 BCE
Building of Great Sphinx and Great Pyramid at Giza. Egyptians start experimenting with mummifying dead bodies
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2100 BCE
Book of the Dead starts being used in funeral ceremonies
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Period: 2055 BCE to 1730 BCE
Middle Kingdom
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1550 BCE
Construction of many of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings
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1332 BCE
Tutankhamun ascends the throne at the age of nine; he dies just 10 years later
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1274 BCE
Pharaoh Rameses II claims victory against his enemies, the Hittites, at the Battle of Kadesh
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Period: Dec 24, 1550 to 1069 BCE
New Kingdom