Is there an agreed date for the origin of ancient Egyptian ?
Ancient Egyptians built the Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza between 2600 BC and 2400 BC.
For many people, the history of Egyptian seems to date back to ancient times. But how old was ancient Egypt?
If you think of it as a civilization that blends the pharaoh's power, a language written in hieroglyphics, and a religion that was eventually replaced by Christianity, it began around 3100 BC and ended around 400 AD.
The Pharaoh state began around 3000 BC.
However, humans had already lived in Egypt as early as 3000 BC. The oldest known human existence in the Nile Valley is estimated to be around 400,000 years ago.
Agriculture in Egypt dates back to about 5000 BC. By 4100 BC, permanent year-round agricultural villages had been established in parts of Egypt.
Some settlements that settled throughout the year eventually developed into cities. Nakada and Heraconporis became important urban centers between 3500 BC and 3000 BC.
Around 3100 BC, Egypt was unified under the rule of a pharaoh and established a writing system commonly known as hieroglyphs. The Egyptian pastor Manetto, who lived around the third century BC, reported that the first ruler of unified Egypt was a king named Mines, but modern scholars have disputes over the exact identity of Mines and the accuracy of Manetto's statement.
