An Egyptian Adventure - page 6
Red Sea
Lower
Egypt
Alexandria
Founded
around 331
bc
Giza
(Site of the
pyramids)
2700-1700
bc
Cairo
(Modern-day
capital)
Amarna
(Akhetaten)
Capital city around
1353-1336
bc
Memphis
(Men-nefer)
Capital city around
2613-2181
bc
Nile River
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