Ancient Egypt By Wij0003 8000 BCE People start forming settlements in the nile valley 3200 BCE Earliest known evidence of hieroglyphic writing 3100 BCE Kingdoms of upper and lower Egypt unite as one country under the first pharaoh; Menes 2650 BCE First stone pramid is built 2500 BCE The Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Giza are build and Egyptians start experimenting with mummifying dead bodies 2100 BCE The Book of the Dead starts being used in funeral ceremonies 1550 BCE Construction of many of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings 1332 BCE Tutankhamen becomes pharaoh at the age of 9 and dies 10 years later 332 BCE Egypt is invaded by Alexander the Great and made part of his empire 51 BCE Cleopatra becomes pharaoh of Egypt and rules for 21 years 30 BCE Cleopatra commits suicide and Egypt becomes part of the Roman Empire 3000 Egyptians start building walled towns and villages; the first building are made of mud brick