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Ptolemy I creates the library of Alexandria (Museum).
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The Assyrians defeat Tajarqa and capture the Egyptian capital of Memphis.
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Seti I dies, having built the largest tomb in the "Valley of the Kings" and the largest monument at Abydos, and his son Ramesses II succeeds him, married to Nefertari.
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Egyptians build a canal connecting the Nile and the Red Sea.
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Amenemhet builds the pyramid of Hawara with its labyrinth.
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The Rosetta Stone is carved in both Greek and Egyptian.
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Egypt splits into two smaller states (Memphis in the north and Thebes in the south).
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Unas becomes Pharoah.
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The Sphinx is built for pharaoh Khephren.
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Khephren becomes Pharoah.
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Music and poetry become prominent and popular in Egypt.
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Pharaoh Kasekhemwy completes the union of north and south Egypt, and builds the first fortress on the Nile, at Buhen.
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Writing begins on papyrus.
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Hieroglyphics are created in Egypt.
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Egyptians trace their origins to the Mount Rwenzori range in East Africa.
