The Middle Kingdom (mid-Dynasty 11–Dynasty 13, ca. 2030–1640 B.C.) began when Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II reunited Upper and Lower Egypt, setting the stage for a second great flowering of Egyptian culture.
Many Middle Kingdom pyramids were constructed with mud-brick cores that eroded after
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Tutankhamun’s Tomb: The Thrill of Discovery 2006 Free to download When the Pyramids
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She is a member of the Museum’s annual excavations at the pyramid complex of Senwosret
The vocabulary of ancient Egyptian art would be interpreted and adapted in different ways depending on the standards and motivations of the time.
The major motifs of Egyptian art, such as obelisks, hieroglyphs, the sphinx, and pyramids
Although [Babylon] was not among the oldest cities in this part of the world, in ancient Mesopotamian mythology it came to be seen as the first city, made at the creation of the world …
BCE Panel with striding lion Babylonian ca. 604–562 BCE Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid
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Nil – Barque de Voyageurs Félix Teynard 1851–52 Djîzeh (Nécropole de Memphis), Pyramide
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"Redundant Determinatives in the Old Kingdom" 1973 Free to download When the Pyramids
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The “Performance Pyramid” in Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt,
What does the androgynous depiction of Hatshepsut—and its subsequent destruction—tell us about the role of gender in Ancient Egypt?
We moved to London and, you know, I knew about Pharaohs and pyramids and all of that
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House and Garden in the Frankish Quarter, Cairo Maxime Du Camp January 9, 1850 Pyramid
