How old is Ancient Egypt? “It depends on how you define ancient Egypt,” said Aidan Dodson, professor of Egyptology at the University of Bristol in the UK. Eventually superseded by Christianity, it began around 3100 BC and ended around AD 400,” said Dodson.
Kathryn Bard, professor emeritus of archeology and classical studies at Boston University, proposed a similar date.
The pharaonic state began around 3000 [BC]. However, it has been examined that people lived in Egypt long before 3000 BC. “The oldest known human presence in the Nile Valley can be estimated to be around 400,000 years ago,” wrote Pierre Vermeersch, professor emeritus of geography at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium, in the book.
“In the same way, agriculture in Egypt dates back to around 5000 BC,” wrote Sally Katary, professor of Egyptology at Laurentian University in Ontario, in an article in The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (Blackwell, 2013). “Around 4100 BC Year-round farming villages were established in parts of Egypt,” Katary further wrote.
