Near East

Abydos ware

First found in an Egyptian royal tomb in Abydos, Abydos Ware has since been found [...]

Ancient Egypt

Predynastic era Predynastic Period4500-3100 BC Badarian4500-3800 BC Naqada I3850-3650 BC Characterized by Cross-Lined Ware (found [...]

Ancient Egyptian artwork

Early Dynastic period Dynasty I artwork Tomb of Den Abydos The most elaborate Dynasty I [...]

Ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom

Old Kingdom2700-2200 BC2575-2125 BCThe Old Kingdom was a stable and prosperous period that followed Egypt's [...]

Ancient Egyptian royal burials

Early Dynastic era The First and Second Dynasties were characterized by funerary Enclosures (mainly Abydos) [...]

Ancient Egyptian scribal education

Through the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, Egyptian education underwent a growth that both drove [...]

Egyptian king Djoser

Entrance ColonnadeThis was the first use of columns, with engaged columns on either side of [...]

Egyptian king Shishak

[25] In the fifth years of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. [26] [...]

Egyptian king Snefru

Meidum PyramidBuilt at Meidum, this was the first pyramid of Snefru. Began as a seven-step [...]

Egyptian king Taharqa

Granite ram of Amun with King Taharqa. Dynasty 25, 690-664 BC. From Kawa in Nubia. [...]

First Intermediate Period of Egypt

During the first intermediate era (2200 - 2040 BC), Herakleopolitan rulers (continued from Memphis) and [...]

Kadesh Treaty

The Kadesh Treaty was established ~1269 BC between Hittite king Hattusilis III and Egyptian pharaoh [...]

Middle Kingdom of Egypt

Middle Kingdom2040-1785 BCBegan 2050 BCThe Middle Kingdom began ~2050 BC when a family of Theban [...]

Second Intermediate Period of Egypt

Egypt's central government weakened, allowing Asiatic kings based in the eastern Delta to seize power [...]

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