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This scholarly consensus is known as the Conventional Egyptian chronology, which places the beginning of the Old Kingdom in the 27th century BC, the beginning of the Middle Kingdom in the 21st century BC and the beginning of the New Kingdom in the mid-16th century BC.
Explore the timeline below to learn about key moments in ancient Egyptian history. The civilisation of ancient Egypt lasted for over three thousand years and was located in northeastern Africa along the river Nile.
The history of ancient Egypt follows millennia of pharaonic dynasties, technological development, religion and arts. The well preserved pyramids and temples, a significant number of papyrus documents and the tales of ancient historians helped the modern world understand when it all happened.
Earliest Egyptian mastabas dug at Saqqara. 5500 BCE. Oldest faience workshop in Egypt founded at Abydos. 5000 BCE. Organised farming begins in Egypt. c. 4000 BCE. Depictions of gods and afterlife on walls of Egyptian tombs. c. 3414 BCE - c. 3100 BCE. Xois founded as a city during the 1st Dynasty.
A timeline showing the dates, periods, dynasties and significant events in the history and art of ancient Egypt from the Predynastic Period (before 3100 BCE) to the end of the Roman Period (395 CE).
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated within the contemporary territory of modern-day Egypt.
Ancient Egyptian chronology and historical framework. Great Pyramids of Giza with modern Cairo in the foreground: Khufu (c. 2600–550 B.C.E.), Khafre (c. 2575–2525 B.C.E.) and Menkaure (c. 2525–2475 B.C.E.) (photo: Tim Kelley, CC BY-ND 2.0)
The history of ancient Egypt spans the period from the early prehistoric settlements of the northern Nile valley to the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC.
Immortalized in stone and stylus, ancient Egypt dominated the Near East for over three millennia. Here is the entire timeline of ancient Egypt, running all the way from the Old Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Period.
Ancient Egypt was a civilization in northeastern Africa that dates from the 4th millennium BCE. Its many achievements, preserved in its art and monuments, hold a fascination that continues to grow as archaeological finds expose its secrets.