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Walk through three thousand years of Ancient Egypt

An interactive journey through all thirty dynasties — the pharaohs, the monuments they raised, the tombs they hid and the treasures they left behind.

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30Dynasties
2,600+Years of history
15Pharaoh profiles
21Sites & treasures
The great ages

From unification to the last native king

Egyptologists group the dynasties into Kingdoms of strong central rule and Intermediate Periods of division.

  1. Early Dynastic Periodc. 3000–2686 BCE
  2. Old Kingdomc. 2686–2160 BCE
  3. First Intermediate Periodc. 2160–2055 BCE
  4. Middle Kingdomc. 2055–1650 BCE
  5. Second Intermediate Periodc. 1650–1550 BCE
  6. New Kingdomc. 1550–1069 BCE
  7. Third Intermediate Periodc. 1069–664 BCE
  8. Late Period664–332 BCE

Explore all 30 dynasties

The Two Lands

A kingdom along one river

Almost every city, temple and tomb of ancient Egypt lies within a few kilometres of the Nile. Zoom into Memphis or Thebes, or tap a marker to open its page.

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Map of ancient Egypt with its capitals, monuments and royal tombsMemphisThebesAbydosAmarnaHierakonpolisElephantineAvaris / Pi-RamessesTanisSaisBubastisMendesSebennytosHerakleopolisItjtawyBuhenSemnaKV34 · Thutmose IIIKV43 · Thutmose IVKV62 · TutankhamunKV17 · Seti IKV7 · Ramesses IIQV66 · Queen NefertariStep Pyramid of DjoserGiza PlateauGreat Pyramid of GizaGreat Sphinx of GizaKarnak Temple ComplexMortuary Temple of HatshepsutAbu Simbel TemplesMedinet Habu
Coastline and Nile: Natural Earth 1:10m (public domain). Modern features such as Lake Nasser are omitted. Site positions are approximate.
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Interactive · 3D map

Valley of the Kings 3D Map

Fly over the real terrain of the royal valley, find 65 tombs and watch them appear in the order they were cut and discovered.

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Interactive · Simulation

Pyramid Builder Lab

Choose a ramp theory, a workforce and wet or dry sand, and see whether you can finish the Great Pyramid within Khufu’s reign.

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Interactive · City-builder

Rise of Waset

Found a city on the Nile, live through the flood seasons, keep Ma’at in balance and raise a pyramid. Free in your browser.

The kings

Pharaohs who shaped Egypt

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The Giza pyramids as Khufu's successors would have seen them, cased in polished white limestone.

4th Dynasty

Khufu

Cheops to the Greeks · c. 2589–2566 BCE

Son of Sneferu, the most prolific pyramid builder in Egyptian history, Khufu inherited both the know-how and the organisation to attempt something without precedent. The result…

18th Dynasty

Thutmose III

The Napoleon of Egypt · c. 1479–1425 BCE

Crowned as a child and overshadowed for two decades by his stepmother Hatshepsut, Thutmose III went on to become Egypt's greatest military king. His victory at Megiddo opened…

18th Dynasty

Hatshepsut

Foremost of noble women · c. 1473–1458 BCE

Daughter of Thutmose I and widow of Thutmose II, Hatshepsut acted as regent for her young stepson Thutmose III before taking the full titles of king. Her reign was prosperous and…

18th Dynasty

Akhenaten

The heretic king · c. 1352–1336 BCE

Born Amenhotep IV, a son of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye, he changed his name to Akhenaten, "effective for the Aten", and made the sun disc the centre of state religion. The…

18th Dynasty

Tutankhamun

The boy king · c. 1336–1327 BCE

Born Tutankhaten, probably a son of Akhenaten, the young king changed his name to Tutankhamun as the court returned to Thebes and Memphis and the old gods were restored.

Nineteenth-century photograph of the seated colossi of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel.

19th Dynasty

Ramesses II

Ramesses the Great · c. 1279–1213 BCE

The third king of the 19th Dynasty, Ramesses II ruled for 66 years and outlived many of his children, becoming, in later memory, the model of what a pharaoh should be. Nine later…

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Monuments

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Aerial reconstruction of the Giza plateau today, with the pyramids of Menkaure, Khafre and Khufu and the queens' pyramids, and the Sphinx and valley temple in the foreground.

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Giza Plateau

West bank of the Nile, Giza · c. 2589 BCE

On a limestone ridge above the Nile floodplain, three kings of the 4th Dynasty built the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt. In about three generations, Khufu, Khafre and…

The three pyramids of Giza at golden hour seen from the south-west desert, Menkaure in front, Khafre in the centre and Khufu behind.

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Great Pyramid of Giza

Giza Plateau · c. 2570 BCE

For more than 3,700 years the Great Pyramid was the tallest human-made structure in the world. It was built for Khufu, second king of the 4th Dynasty, during his reign (c.…

Simplified 3D massing model of the Great Sphinx lying on the plateau, with the pyramid of Menkaure and its queens' pyramids in the distance.

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Great Sphinx of Giza

Giza Plateau · c. 2500 BCE

The Great Sphinx is among the oldest known monumental sculptures in Egypt: a recumbent lion with the head of a king, about 73 m long and 20 m high, carved from the limestone of…

Tombs

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KV34

Tomb of Thutmose III

Valley of the Kings, western Thebes

Cut high in a cleft of the cliffs and reached by a steep stair, KV34 was designed to be hidden. Its oval burial chamber is painted with the complete Amduat, the guide to the sun…

Cut-away 3D model of the tomb of Thutmose IV, whose corridors turn twice at right angles before reaching the pillared burial chamber.

KV43

Tomb of Thutmose IV

Valley of the Kings, western Thebes

Thutmose IV, father of Amenhotep III, was buried in a tomb whose axis bends twice at right angles, a layout typical of the mid 18th Dynasty. Only two rooms were painted: the well…

Artifacts

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Tiny ivory statuette of King Khufu seated, wearing the red crown.

4th Dynasty

Ivory Statuette of Khufu

Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Khufu built the Great Pyramid, the largest pyramid ever made, yet the only complete three-dimensional image certainly identified as him is a tiny ivory figure about 7.5 cm tall.…

The painted bust of Nefertiti wearing her flat-topped blue crown.

18th Dynasty

Bust of Nefertiti

Neues Museum, Berlin

The painted bust of Nefertiti, the Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten, is one of the most famous works of ancient art. It stands 48 cm tall and weighs about 20 kg. It has no…