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Ancient Egypt History
Early Dynastic Period c. 3100 – 2686 BCE
Hieroglyphic script developed
Old Kingdom c. 2686 – 2181 BCE (3rd - 6th Dynasties)
King Khufu builds Great Pyramid of Egypt
Middle Kingdom c. 2055 – 1650 BCE (11th-13th Dynasties)
Pharaohs unite Egypt
Last pyramids are built
New Kingdom c. 1550 – 1069 BCE (18th-20th Dynasties)
Queen Hatshepsut ruled
Trade with Asia grows
King Tutankhamen ruled 1336 – 1327 BCE
Late Period c. 644 – 332 BCE (26th-30th Dynasties)
Persians conquer Egypt
Demotic script (Rosetta Stone) developed
Greek & Roman Egypt
Alexander the Great conquers Egypt 332 BCE
Ancient Library of Alexandria built about 246 BCE
Greek language/culture came to Egypt
Rosetta Stone carved 196 BCE
Ptolemy V ruled 204 – 180 BC (named on Rosetta Stone)
Cleopatra ruled 51 - 30 BCE
Roman Emperor Augustus conquers Egypt 30 BCE
Romans rule Egypt for more than 600 years
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All About Ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphs
IKG Cultural Resource Center
(Anthony T. Browder)
Ancient Egyptian Timeline
Arab Israeli Wars
(a bit of modern history)
American Research Center in Egypt
(Cairo and Alexandria, VA)
"Thebes from Amenhotep to Tutankhamen"
ARCE Lecture by Betsy M. Bryan
Walters Art Museum - Ancient Egypt
RosettaStoneReplicas
(Dr. Joel Freeman)
Ancient Egypt Alive
(travel, courses, webinars)
Recreating the Sound of King Tut's Trumpets
Listen to the trumpets
Almost Lost to History: King Tut and His Tomb
(Dr Jacquelyn Williamson)
BOOKS (ask your librarian for many more books on Egypt)
Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself
by Carmella an Vleet
You Can Be a Woman Egyptologist
by Betsy M. Bryn and Judith Love Cohen
The Library of Alexandria
by
Kelly Trumble and Robina MacIntyre Marshall
The Race to Decode The Rosetta Stone: The Writing of the Gods
by Edward Dolnick
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