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The Old Kingdom: The Age of the Pyramids

The Great Pyramid of Giza, built for the pharaoh Khufu during the Old Kingdom
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The Old Kingdom (roughly 2686-2181 BCE, Third to Sixth Dynasties) was marked by the consolidation of a centralized state built around the figure of the pharaoh, regarded as a living god and guarantor of cosmic order (). It was during this period that the most iconic funerary monuments of Egyptian civilization were built.

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