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VIVA – Egypt is identical with triangular-shaped buildings made of stone arrangement, namely the Pyramids. The pyramids are a relic of the ancient Egyptian civilization. In the history of the construction of the pyramid used long ago.
The question is, how old is the Pyramid? Well, a professor of Egyptian studies at the University of Bristol, England, Aidan Donson said that it depends on the meaning of the word Ancient Egypt.
“If you mean a civilization that combined the kingdom of the pharaohs, the language written in hieroglyphics, and the religion that was eventually replaced by Christianity, it started around 3100 BC, and ended around AD 400,” Aidan Dodson said as quoted from Livescience site, on Friday, October 7, 2022.
As launched from the Aeraweb site, many archaeologists believe Egypt’s large pyramids are the work of the Old Kingdom society that rose to prominence in the Nile Valley after 3000 B.C. Historical analysis tells us that the Egyptians built the Giza Pyramids in 85 years between 2589 and 2504 BC.
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Also, Emeritus Professor of Archeology and Classical Studies at Boston University, Kathryn Bard said the age of the pyramids refers to 3,000 BC.
Not only that but also a professor of Egyptology at Laurentian University IN Ontario, Sally Katary wrote in an article in The Encyclopedia of Ancient History.
Sally Katary wrote that in 4100 BC, permanent, year-round agricultural villages had been established in parts of Egypt.
The book The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt, written by an honorary Professor of Egyptian Archeology at the University of Liverpool in England, stated that several settlements throughout the years eventually grew into cities. Naqada and Hierakonpolis became important urban centers between 3500 BC and 3000 BC.
Around 3100 BC, Egypt was united under the pharaoh, and a writing system, often called hieroglyphics, was established. The Egyptian priest Manetho lived thousands of years later.
Around the third century BC, it is reported that the first ruler of this unified Egypt was a king named Menes, but modern scholars still debate the exact identity of Menes and the accuracy of Manetho's claims.
