Although the Middle Kingdom rulers tried to be like those of the Old Kingdom, the political and social structure of the era was different. Although the king was again the ruler of all Egypt, lower class officials often lived and acted like small kings and there was an ease in upward ...
This dynastybegan in the 4th Nomeat its capital ofThebes. Some of the Middle Kingdom rulers referred to the 11th Dynasty pharaohs as their ancestors. The necropolis (city of the dead) of el-Tarif held the saff-tombs of the 11th Dynasty. The tombs of courtiers and local citizens surrounded...
Though ‘Uwaynat was long believed to lie beyond the regions explored by the Ancient Egyptians, the remarkable 2007 discovery of a depiction of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom king Mentuhotep II (11th Dynasty, 21st century BCE) promises to rewrite these perceptions. The portrayal of the seated king...
Senusret II may not have shared a coregency with his son, Senusret III, unlike most other Middle Kingdom rulers. Some scholars are of the view that he did, noting a scarab with both kings names inscribed on it, a dedication inscription celebrating the resumption of rituals begun by Senusret...
These local rulers of a fragmented county end up counting as a dynasty only because, around 2040, Mentuhotep II succeeded in overthrowing the obscure Heracleopolitan kings and reuniting Egypt. This is usually taken as the proper beginning of the Middle Kingdom, so the XI Dynasty, starting in...
Humans and deities, common people and rulers, the young and the old, and people, and cattle were linked through exchange relationships and through similar attributes. Beliefs about deities, spirits, and senior living persons were closely related and similar practices were directed towards all these ...
Pharaohis a title used for the ancient Egyptian rulers. This title began to be used for the religious and political leader of united Ancient Egypt only during the New Kingdom, specifically, during the middle of the eighteenth dynasty (1550-1295 BC). ...
All of the New Kingdom rulers (with the exception of Akhenaton) were laid to rest in deep, rock-cut tombs (not pyramids) in the Valley of the Kings, a burial site on the west bank of the Nile opposite Thebes. Most of them were raided and destroyed, with the exception of the tomb...
The fine arts of the Middle Kingdom are marked by a heightened tendency toward realism. There is greater compositional freedom in the wall paintings of the nomarchs’ tombs; there are attempts to represent volume, and the range of color hues widens. The minor scenes of daily life, plants, ...
Rulers In The Middle Kingdom The mix of these parts of the Middle Kingdom brought about the flourishing of Ancient Egypt. In spite of the fact that the eleventh Dynasty begins with a progression of rulers, Intef I – III, the Middle Kingdom starts with the reunification of Egypt when Me...