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4000 BCE: Depictions of gods and afterlife on walls of Egyptian tombs.
2613 BCE - 2181 BCE: The goddess Ma'at first appears during the period of the Old Kingdom in Egypt.
2400 BCE - 2300 BCE: The Pyramid Texts written, the oldest religious literature in Egypt.
2250 BCE: Beer brewed in Egypt.
2134 BCE - 2040 BCE: The Coffin Texts developed from the Pyramid Texts.
1550 BCE - 1070 BCE: The Egyptian Book of the Dead (The Book of Coming Forth by Day) written.