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2040 BCE - 1782 BCE: Literature from Middle Kingdom Egypt reflects skepticism of afterlife, encourages attention to ghosts.
1971 BCE - 1926 BCE: Probable date of Egyptian ghost narrative Instruction of King Amenemhat I to his Son Senruset I.
1186 BCE - 1077 BCE: Date of extant copy of A Ghost Story (Khonsemhab and the Ghost) during Ramessied Period of Egypt.