Columbia Encyclopedia World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Age of the great pyramids. B.C. An obscure period. An obscure period. B.C. Ramses III with Tiy .
New Kingdom declines.
B.C. Sheshonk I . B.C. Taharka . Assyrian invasions begin foreign domination. B.C. The Achaemenids of Persia in control. Cambyses II to Darius II .