Fascinating Facts About Egypt's Old Kingdom

The Old Kingdom refers to a specific period in Egyptian history (2575 BC to 2150 BC) that was incredibly vibrant. Many of ancient Egypt’s concepts, rituals, and monuments can be connected to previous periods, but it was under the Old Kingdom that they took on the shapes that would define and influence the rest of pharaonic history...
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