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The capital of the Old Kingdom was Memphis
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Imhotep, Ra high priest at Heliopolis and Djoser’s chancellor, builds a pyramid (or, the Step Pyramid) at Saqqara, the necropolis of Memphis, for Djoser.
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The 4th Dynasty begins with Sneferu. In his reign, he builds in Dahshur the first straight-side pyramid, known as the Red Pyramid.
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Sneferu passes away and Khufu (Cheops) begins his reign. Other than having the Great Pyramid of Giza built, not much as documented about him and his reign.
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The capital of the Middle Kingdom was Thebes
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Mentuhotep II dies and is succeeded by Mentuhotep III, who was already quite old after his father’s 51-year reign. Despite this, Mentuhotep III was able to explore to Punt and innovate new architecture.
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The Kingdom of Kush is established south of Egypt
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The 18th Dynasty begins with Ahmose I, who rises to power. He built some of the last pyramids in Eygpt and laid the foundation for the New Kingdom Period.
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Egyptians construct a canal to connect the Red Sea with the Nile River.
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Pi-Ramesses was the capital of the XIX dynasty with Ramesses II
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The Treaty of Kadesh (world’s first peace treaty) between the Hittites and the Egyptians
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One of the capitals of 664BC was Sais
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For the ancient Egyptians the image of the goddess Isis suckling her son Horus was a powerful symbol of rebirth that was carried into the Ptolemaic period and later transferred to Rome
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Cleopatra VII Philopato, known by us Cleopatra was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
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Egypt ended when the Roman Empire defeats the lover of Cleopatra.
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The first obelisks are erected at Heliopolis (Cairo), the site of the cult of Ra/Atum
