Ancient Egypt By 22biei Period: 2800 BCE to 1000 BCE Ancient Egypt Period: 2686 BCE to 2180 BCE Old kingdom 2650 BCE First stone pyramid is built 2500 BCE Building of great sphinx and great Pyramid and people start mufying dead boys. Period: 2055 BCE to 1730 BCE Middle Kingdom 2000 BCE The first obelisks are erected at Heliopolis, the site of the cult of Ra/Atum 1975 BCE Amendment builds the pyramid of Hawara with its labyrinth Period: 1550 BCE to 1069 BCE New kingdom 1500 BCE Construction of many royal tombs 1274 BCE Pharaoh Ramses ii claims victory against his enemies.