Ancient Egyptian

Ancient Egyptian posts cover dynastic Egypt from the Predynastic period through the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms and into the Late Period and Ptolemaic rule. Articles look at the unification under Narmer, the pyramid builders of the Fourth Dynasty including Khufu and Khafre, the Middle Kingdom literary tradition, the Hyksos invasion and expulsion, the New Kingdom empire under Thutmose III and Ramesses II, the religious break of Akhenaten, the Tutankhamun tomb find, the Ptolemaic dynasty ending with Cleopatra VII and the Roman annexation. There are also notes on the daily life of farmers and scribes.