Ancient Egypt

A Timeline Of Ancient Egypt

Theban mapping project presents a timeline on ancient Egypt from Dynasty I in 3100 BC to Roman Emperors in 395 AD. In A.D. 395, a separation occurred between the western and eastern parts of the Roman Empire, leaving Constantinople with the supremacy of the East. Egypt maintained its role as grain provider for the Empire, but Alexandria lost its pr...

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A Timeline of the New Kingdom

Theban Mapping Project presents a timeline on the New Kingdom. It goes from 1546 BC with Ahmes I to 1070 BC with Rameses XI. Pictures are included. Dynasty 18 through Dynasty 20, known as the New Kingdom, witnessed a time of international prestige and prosperity for Egypt. The kings of this period conducted extensive military [14770], diplomatic an...

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History Timeline of Ancient Egypt

Greek Dynasty- (332 - 30 B.C.) Persian Period II - (342 - 332 B.C.) Late Period II - (425 - 342 B.C.) Persian Period I - (517 - 425 B.C.) Late Period I - (1069 - 517 B.C.) New Kingdom -(1550 - 1069 B.C.E.) Intermediate Period II - (1650 - 1550 B.C.) Middle Kingdom - (2125 - 1650 B.C.) Intermediate Period I -(2181 - 2125 B.C.) Old Kingdom...

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Egyption Kings

A timeline that starts with the 1st Dynasty from 3050 - 2890 with the Egyption Kings and ends at Roman Emperors such as Augustus in 30 B.C. - 14 A.D....

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Timeline of Ancient Egyptian History

The History of Ancient Egypt. Dynasties. Periods. Significant People. Timeline of Ancient Egyptian History. (Contains a chronological timeline with things such as periods and dynasties.) Also includes a tour of the houses of Caesar, Mark, Antony, and Cleopatry....

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Egyption Chronology

Mark T. Rigby presents a timeline dating from Pre-Dynastic Period: c.5000-3100 BC to Roman Period: 30 BC-c.AD 450....

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Dynasty

Historical Timeline of Ancient Egypt. Includes the Largest Ancient Egyptian photo gallery on the internet....

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Mummy Masks - Faces Of The Dead

Masks were a very important aspect of Ancient Egyptian burials. In common with the anthropoid coffin they provided the dead with a face in the afterlife. In addition they also enabled the spirit to recognise the body....

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Shabti - Servants For The Afterlife

In Ancient Egyptian burial it was important that the deceased had a workforce to carry out their every day tasks in the underworld so they would not have to dirty their hands. Originally in high ranking Old Kingdom burials servants were buried with their masters. It is not known if these were sacrifices, or people honored with a resting place besid...

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Thoth

The god Thoth was worshiped in the form of an Ibis, and is often shown in human form with the unusual head of that bird. Thoth was primarily thought to be the god of wisdom. He was patron of arts and science and also the patron god of scribes. He was the inventor of the words of god, or Hieroglyphs....

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