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c. 3250 BCE
Hieroglyphics are used as a form of writing
c. 3000–2686 BCE
The Early Dynastic Period begins
c. 2600–2500 BCE
The three stone pyramids at Giza are built
c. 1777 BCE
Queen Sobekneferu becomes one of the first female rulers of Egypt
c. 1700 BCE
The Book of the Dead is first used
c. 1550–1069 BCE
The New Kingdom begins
c. 1473–1458 bce
Hatshepsut becomes pharaoh and rules
c. 1400 bce
The front paw of the Sphinx is excavated
1324 bce
King Tutankhamun dies
525–404 bcebce
Egypt comes under Persian rule
332 bce
Alexander the Great conquers Egypt
30 BCE
Egypt becomes part of the Roman Empire