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c. 135 BCE: Akhenaten proclaims the one God

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130 BCE: Construction of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak Temple

Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt location
129 BCE: Temple of Ramses II carved at Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel Temples, Aswan Governorate, Egypt location
119 BCE: Temple complex of Ramses III built at Medinet Habu

Medinet Habu, Egypt location
285 BCE: The Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) is established.

Mouseion, Alexandria, Egypt location
41 CE: In Alexandria, violence breaks out between Greeks and Jews.

Alexandria, Egypt location
July 21, 1798: Napoleon victorious in Battle of the Pyramids

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1799: Discovery of the Rosetta Stone

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1813: J.L. Burckhardt discovers top frieze of main temple at Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel Temples, Aswan Governorate, Egypt location
1817: Giovanni Belzoni is the first to enter Abu Simbel in over two millennia

Abu Simbel Temples, Aswan Governorate, Egypt location
1919: Anti-British uprisings in Egypt

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1959: To save the ancient Nubian monuments of southern Egypt from rising waters caused by the Aswan Dam, an international fundraising campaign begins.

Abu Simbel Temples, Aswan Governorate, Egypt location

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