Cairo in the Ancient World

The atlas holds 4 people and 6 moments here, from 2566 BC to 25 BC. The most recorded lives are Strabo, Alexander the Great and Tutankhamun.

Notable people

1. Alexander the Great

   in 331 BC

   1 moment here

   Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 BCE), known as Alexander the Great, became king of Macedon in 336 BCE and campaigned from the Balkans through the…

2. Khufu

   in 2566 BC

   1 moment here

   Khufu (Cheops) was the second pharaoh of Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty. His reign is conventionally dated c.…

3. Strabo

   in 25 BC

   3 moments here

   Greek geographer and historian from Amaseia in Pontus. The dates are approximate: ancient and modern sources give his birth as 64 or 63 BC and his…

4. Tutankhamun

   in 1330 BC

   1 moment here

   Tutankhamun (originally Tutankhaten) was an Eighteenth-Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh whose short reign conventionally dates to c. 1332–1323 BC.…

Moments

1. 2566 BC Burial in the Great Pyramid Khufu
2. 1330 BC Residence moved to Memphis Tutankhamun
3. 331 BC Stayed at Memphis Alexander the Great
4. 25 BC Observation at the Pyramids of Giza Strabo
5. 25 BC Visit to Heliopolis Strabo
6. 25 BC Visit to Memphis Strabo

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