Pharaonic & Roman · event 2 of 8

c. 2670 BC

The Step Pyramid. Imhotep builds Djoser’s stepped tomb at Saqqara — the oldest large cut-stone building in the world, and the first pyramid.

The Pharaonic & Roman era

  1. c. 3100 BC
  2. c. 2670 BC
  3. c. 2560 BC
  4. c. 1300 BC
  5. 332 BC
  6. 30 BC
  7. c. 42 AD
  8. c. 300 AD

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