Periods
- Predynastic (4210 BC–2680 BC)
- Old Kingdom (2680 BC–2258 BC)
- Middle Kingdom (2258 BC–1786 BC)
- New Kingdom (1786 BC–1085 BC)
- Amarna Period (1085 BC–1055 BC)
- Third Intermediate Period, First Persian Period, Late Period of ancient Egypt
Second Persian Period and the start of Greek Egypt (1055 BC–287 BC)
- Ptolemaic
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