ANCIENT EGYPT

  • Period: 2800 BCE to 1000 BCE

    ANCIENT EGYPT

  • Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE

    The Old Kingdom

    The ruler at the time was Dioser.
  • 2650 BCE

    FIRST STONE BUILDING

    FIRST STONE BUILDING
    First stone pyramid is built in Saqqara for the pharaoh Djoser.
  • 2500 BCE

    THE GREAT SPHYINX GIZA

    THE GREAT SPHYINX GIZA
    building of Great Sphinx and the Great Pyramid at Giza. Egyptians begin experimenting with mummifying dead bodies.
  • 2100 BCE

    NEW GOVERNMOUNT

    Ancient Egyptians developed a new government where the pharaoh did not have complete power.
  • 2100 BCE

    Book of Dead

    the Bood of Dead starts reading at funerals.
  • Period: 2100 BCE to 1800 BCE

    The Middle Kingdom

  • 1897 BCE

    Pyramid of Senusret II

    Khakheperre Senusret II was the fourth pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1897 BC to 1878 BC. His pyramid was constructed at El-Lahun.
  • 1822 BCE

    The Turin Canon

    The Turin Canon
    The Turin Canon, a papyrus discovered by Bernardino Drovetti in the necropolis at Thebes, Egypt.The Turin Canon provides a list of names of the kings of Egypt from the beginning of time to the time of Ramses II and is important.
  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1080 BCE

    The New Kingdom

  • 1500 BCE

    Karnak featuring obelisks

  • 1497 BCE

    HATSHEPUT, A WOMEN BECOMES PHAROAH

  • 1274 BCE

    Pharoah Ramsees II claims victory

    Pharoah Ramsees II claims victory against his enemies, the Hitlies, at the battle of Kadesh.
  • 1000 BCE

    INNER COFFIN OF TUTANKHAMUN

    The inner coffin of Tutankhamun has become one of the most recognisable artefacts from ancient Egypt.