| |
Period |
Date |
Dynasties |
Selected
Kings
(Dynasty) |
Sites
and Famous Historical
Events |
 |
Early
Dynastic |
2920-2575 BC |
1 - 3 |
Menes (1)
Djoser (3) |
Unification
of Egypt
Step Pyramid at Saqqara |
 |
Old Kingdom |
2575-2134 BC |
4 - 8 |
Cheops (4)
Chephren(4)
Mycerinus(4)
Unis (5) |
Giza
Pyramids
Sphinx
Unis Pyramid /Causeway at Saqqara |
|
First
Intermediary |
2134-2040 BC |
9 -11 |
Kings at
Herakleopolitan(9-10)
Kings at Thebes(11) |
|
|
Middle
Kingdom |
2040-1640 BC |
11 -14 |
Mentuhotep
(11) |
Mortuary
Temple of Mentuhotep at Deir El Bahri |
|
Second
Intermediary |
1640-1532 BC |
15 - 17 |
Hyksos
Rulers (15-16)
Theban Kings (17) |
|
|
New Kingdom |
1550-1070 BC |
18 - 20 |
Ahmose(18)
Amenhotep I (18)
Thutmosis I (18)
Hatshepsut(18)
Amenhotep III (18)
Akhenaten (18)
Tutankhamun (18)
Seti I (19)
Ramesses II (19)
Ramesses III (20) |
Burials in
Valley of Kings
Deir el Medina (workers village)
Karnak the Great Temple of Amun
Luxor Temple of Amun (Site of Opet Feast)
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahri
Tomb of Senenmut (architect of Hatshepsut Temple)
Temple of Seti at Abydos
Ramesseum (Ramesses II)
Abu Simbel (Ramesses II)
Tomb of Sennedjem
Medinet Habu (Ramesses III)
|
|
Third
Intermediary |
1070 - 712
BC |
21 - 25 |
Pharaohs at
Tanis
Shoshenq I (22)
Priests at Thebes (Libian) |
Karnak
Reliefs
Capital at Tanis |
|
Late Period |
712 - 332 BC |
26 - 30 |
Nectanebo I
(30)
Nubian
Persian |
Philae
Monuments
Temple of Hathor at Dendera |
|
Greco Roman |
332 BC
-395 AD |
|
Macedonian
Ptolemaic
Roman |
Temple of
Khnum at Esna
Temple of Horus at Edfu |
