Ancient Egypt By ella12345 2686 BCE Old Kingdom Begins 2650 BCE first stone pyramid built in Saqqara for the pharaoh Djoser 2500 BCE Building of Great Sphinx and Great Pyramid at Giza. 2180 BCE old kingdom ends 2100 BCE Book of the Dead starts being used in funeral ceremonies 2055 BCE middle kingdom begins 1730 BCE middle kingdom ends 1550 BCE new kingdom begins 1550 BCE Construction of many of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings 1479 BCE Hatshepsut, a woman, becomes pharaoh 1274 BCE Pharaoh Rameses II claims victory against his enemies, the Hittites, at the Battle of Kadesh 1069 BCE new kigdom ends
