The Great Sphinx of Giza and Khafre's pyramid

Landmarks of Ancient Egypt

A typical Naqada II jar decorated with gazelles. (Predynastic period)

Ancient Egypt, or the Kingdom of Kemet, was a society that began about 3150 BC, and lasted until 20 BC when it was invaded by the Roman Empire.

Egypt grew along the River Nile and was at its most powerful in the second millennium BC. Its land went from the Nile delta to Nubia, a kingdom which today is mostly in the Sudan.