Ancient Egypt

By ashley.skubak
  • 3000 BCE

    Unification

    1st Pharaoh Menes unifies Egypt; art and writing begin to form
  • 2700 BCE

    Architecture

    Time of the great pyramid builders (including Khufu and Djoser) who helped to create Giza and the Sphinx
  • 2400 BCE

    More Architecture

    The first obelisks are built
  • 2100 BCE

    Time of Unrest is Over

    The Princes of Thebes, Mentuhotep, reunifies Egypt
  • Period: 1279 BCE to 1213 BCE

    Dynasty Rule

    Ramesses II rules as pharaoh for 66 years
  • 600 BCE

    End of an Era

    Nectanebo is the last pharaoh of Egypt
  • 333 BCE

    The Great

    Alexander the Great conquers Egypt

  • Discovery

    Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamun