Karnak Timeline

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c. 2112 BCE - c. 2063 BCE

First monument raised at Karnak by Wahankh Intef II.
c. 1971 BCE - c. 1926 BCE

Reign of Senusret I in Egypt who begins construction of Temple of Amun at Karnak.
c. 1971 BCE - c. 204 BCE

Construction and daily use of Temple Complex of Karnak.
1570 BCE - 1069 BCE

Karnak expands during the New Kingdom of Egypt.
c. 1069 BCE - c. 525 BCE

Expansion continues during disunity of the Third Intermediate Period.
671 BCE

Assyrian king Esarhaddon sacks Thebes but leaves Karnak alone.
666 BCE

Assyrian king Ashurbanipal destroys Thebes but spares Karnak.
525 BCE

Persian invasion of Egypt; Karnak again spared destruction.
c. 404 BCE - c. 398 BCE

Persians driven out of Egypt by Amyrtaeus.
380 BCE - 362 BCE

Construction continues at Karnak under Nectanebo I.
221 BCE - 204 BCE

Last work done at Karnak under the reign of Ptolemy IV.
336 CE

Temple of Amun at Karnak closed by Roman Emperor Constantius II.
c. 640 CE

Arab invasion of Egypt who name the temple complex at Thebes `Karnak'.