Egyptian history

Pyramids and pharaohs

The history of ancient Egypt, spanning roughly three thousand years from the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt around 3100 BCE through the Roman conquest in 30 BCE.

The term encompasses the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms, the reign of pharaohs, pyramid construction, and the civilization that developed along the Nile.

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pyramids · Rosetta Stone · hieroglyphs · Sphinx · ancient tombs · golden mask · Abu Simbel · Book of the Dead · obelisks · tomb paintings · sun god · reed boats · desert sands · British occupation · Nefertiti · Suez Canal · Akhenaten · Middle Kingdom

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