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c. 8000 BC
Jericho, often quoted as the first town, grows into a settlement covering ten acres
c. 4000 BC
A passage grave with a superb corbelled dome is constructed on the Île Longue off the southern coast of Brittany
c. 2620 BC
Imhotep creates the first pyramid - the 'step pyramid' at Saqqara - as a tomb for the pharaoh Djoser
Saqqara
Fotofile CG
c. 2500 BC
The first and largest of the three great pyramids at Giza is built for the pharaoh Khufu, later known to the Greeks as Cheops
Great Pyramid
Photograph Josceline Dimbleby
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c. 2000 BC
Knossos, and other such palaces, are built for dynasties in Minoan Crete
c. 2000 BC
The cemetery at Los Millares in Spain contains more than 100 beehive tombs
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