Egyptian Culture Timeline

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c. 6000 BCE

Nile River Valley first inhabited.
5500 BCE

Oldest faience workshop in Egypt founded at Abydos.
5000 BCE

Organised farming begins in Egypt.
c. 4000 BCE

Depictions of gods and afterlife on walls of Egyptian tombs.
c. 3200 BCE

Hieroglyphic script developed in Egypt.
3150 BCE - 2613 BCE

Early Dynastic Period in Egypt. First Kings.
2667 BCE - 2648 BCE

Imhotep in Egypt writes medical texts describing diagnosis and treatment of 100 diseases and 48 injuries.
c. 2560 BCE

The Great Pyramid of Giza is constructed by Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops).
c. 2500 BCE

The Great Sphinx of Giza is built.
1800 BCE

Bronze working introduced to Egypt.
c. 1800 BCE

The Kahun Gynecological Papyrus deals with women's health and contraception.
c. 1600 BCE

Earliest Egyptian water clocks in use.
c. 1550 BCE - 1070 BCE

Composition of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
1504 BCE - 1492 BCE

Egyptian empire reaches greatest extent under Thutmose I.
1479 BCE - 1458 BCE

Queen Hatshepsut rules Egypt.
1279 BCE - 1212 BCE

Reign of Ramesses II (The Great) in Egypt.
1274 BCE

Battle of Kadesh between Pharaoh Ramesses II of Egypt and King Muwatalli II of the Hittites.
c. 1264 BCE - c. 1244 BCE

Probable dates for the construction of Abu Simbel.
1258 BCE

The Treaty of Kadesh between Egyptians and Hittites. The world's first peace treaty.
c. 1244 BCE - c. 1224 BCE

Other probable dates for the construction of Abu Simbel.
750 BCE

Iron working is introduced to Egypt.
196 BCE

The Rosetta Stone was made, a stela carrying a priestly decree from the reign of Ptolemy V in three languages: Egyptian hieroglyphs, demotic and Greek script.