Old Kingdom [4^th – 8^th Dynasties] 2575 – 2150 BCE

• The Maxims of Ptahhotep or Instruction of Ptahhotep composed by the Vizier Ptahhotep [About Author] of the 5th Dynasty
• Palermo Stone, contained a list of the rulers of Kemet from during the first five dynasties (c. 2925–c. 2325 BCE).
• The Pyramid Texts 

First  Intermediate Period [9^th – 11^th] 2125 – 1975 BCE

• The Coffin Texts  ". . . are 1,185 spells, incantations, and other forms of religious writing inscribed on coffins to help the deceased navigate the afterlife."

Middle Kingdom [11^th – 14^th Dynasties] 1975 – 1640 BCE

• The Dispute between a man and his Ba or The Debate Between a Man and his Soul 
• The Loyalist Teaching, or The Loyalist Instructions  from the 12th dynasty
• The Story of Sinuhe (also known as Sanehat)
• The Tale of The Shipwrecked Sailor 
• The Tale of The Eloquent Peasant, c. 1800 BCE

Second Intermediate Period [15^th – 17^th] 1630 – 1520 BCE

• The Westcar Papyrus text containing five stories about miracles performed by priests and magicians. 

New Kingdom [18^th – 20^th Dynasties] 1539 – 1075 BCE

• The Ipuwer Papyrus a hieratic papyrus made during the 19th  Dynasty
• The Book of the Dead is an ancient funerary text generally written on papyrus
• The Great Hymn to the Aten is a hymn-poem written to the sun-disk deity Aten attributed to the 18th dynasty Pharaoh Akhenaten
• Papyrus of Ani; Egyptian Book of the Dead [Budge]
• The Tale of Two Brothers from the 19th Dynasty 
• The Report of Wenamun (also known as The Tale of Wenamun or The Report of Wenamon) written toward the end of the New Kingdom

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