Voices from the Other World

Chronology of Ancient Egypt

Predynastic Period (Neolithic Period — Dynasty ‘0’)

5500–3050 BC

Early Dynastic Period (1st–2nd Dynasties)

3050–2687

Old Kingdom (3rd–6th Dynasties)

2687–2191

First Intermediate Period (7th Dynasty — Early 11th Dynasty)

2191–2061

Middle Kingdom (Late 11th Dynasty–14th Dynasty)

2061–1664

Second Intermediate Period (15th–17th Dynasties)

1664–1569

New Kingdom (18th–20th Dynasties)

1569–1081

Third Intermediate Period (21st–23rd Dynasties)

1081–711

Late Period (24th–31st Dynasties)

724–332

Greco-Roman Period

332 BC–395 AD

Principal source: Donald B. Redford, editor, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2001).