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Timeline
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| Period | Date | Dynasties | Selected
Kings (Dynasty) |
Sites
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Early Dynastic | 2920-2575 BC | 1 - 3 | Menes (1) Djoser (3) |
Unification
of Egypt Step Pyramid at Saqqara |
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Old Kingdom | 2575-2134 BC | 4 - 8 | Cheops (4) Chephren(4) Mycerinus(4) Unis (5) |
Giza
Pyramids Sphinx Unis Pyramid /Causeway at Saqqara |
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First Intermediary | 2134-2040 BC | 9 -11 | Kings at
Herakleopolitan(9-10) Kings at Thebes(11) |
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Middle Kingdom | 2040-1640 BC | 11 -14 | Mentuhotep (11) | Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep at Deir El Bahri |
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Second Intermediary | 1640-1532 BC | 15 - 17 | Hyksos
Rulers (15-16) Theban Kings (17) |
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New Kingdom | 1550-1070 BC | 18 - 20 | Ahmose(18) Amenhotep I (18) Thutmosis I (18) Hatshepsut(18) Amenhotep III (18) Akhenaten (18) Tutankhamun (18) Seti I (19) Ramesses II (19) Ramesses III (20) |
Burials in
Valley of Kings Deir el Medina (workers village) Karnak the Great Temple of Amun Luxor Temple of Amun (Site of Opet Feast) Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahri Tomb of Senenmut (architect of Hatshepsut Temple) Temple of Seti at Abydos Ramesseum (Ramesses II) Abu Simbel (Ramesses II) Tomb of Sennedjem Medinet Habu (Ramesses III) |
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Third Intermediary | 1070 - 712 BC | 21 - 25 | Pharaohs at
Tanis Shoshenq I (22) Priests at Thebes (Libian) |
Karnak
Reliefs Capital at Tanis |
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Late Period | 712 - 332 BC | 26 - 30 | Nectanebo I
(30) Nubian Persian |
Philae
Monuments Temple of Hathor at Dendera |
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Greco Roman | 332 BC -395 AD |
Macedonian Ptolemaic Roman |
Temple of
Khnum at Esna Temple of Horus at Edfu |
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