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Old Kingdom of Egypt

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The Old Kingdom: From our Egyptian Museum to you!

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Egypt: Old Kingdom - Master of History Trailer

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Egypt: Old Kingdom – the Cosmogony of Heliopolis

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The Evolution of Ancient Egypt's Pyramids | Lost Treasures of Egypt

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The true shape of the Pharaohs.... You won't believe what the ancient pharaohs looked like.

The Old Kingdom, in ancient Egyptian history, is the period in the third millennium also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or "Age of the Pyramid Builders" as it includes the great 4th Dynasty when King Sneferu perfected the art of pyramid building and the pyramids of Giza were constructed under the kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. Egypt attained its first sustained peak of civilization – the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley.
    • Country facts 

    • Rise of the Old Kingdom 

    • Height of the Old Kingdom 

    • Fifth Dynasty 

    • Decline into the First Intermediate Period 

    • Art