XII Dynasty Amenemhat I Now we are in the midst of the Middle Kingdom, the actions taken by the rulers of the 11th dynasty have rebuilt a united and peaceful Egypt, On the death of Mentuhotep IV, Amenemhat I, who had held the office of vizier in his service, was succeeded to the throne and...
Middle kingdom – XI Dynasty On the death of Mentuhotep II he was succeeded by the throne of the son of the Great Royal wife Tem, Mentuhotep III, (Horo Sanktauef), during the period of Middle kingdom – XI Dynasty. Considering the long reign of his father, 51, it is believed that Mentuhotep III came to...
The Middle Kingdom-Mentuhotep II-Part 3 We continue exploring the funerary temple of Mentuhotep II and the middle kingdom. . Once past the entrance, a descending corridor, a few dozen meters long, leads to the burial chamber. Investigated by Naville in 1906 then by Arnold in 1971, the corridor has numerous niches on the side walls...
The Middle Kingdom-Mentuhotep II-Part 2 Taking up the previous article, Manetone begins the XI dynasty with Mentuhotep I and scholars place the same in the Middle Kingdom. In reality, as already mentioned, the Middle Kingdom begins with the reunification of the Two Lands, which happens only with Mentuhotep II. We have already spoken of him...
The Middle Kingdom-Mentuhotep II At the end of the First Intermediate Period, Egypt begins a phase of recovery that will bring it to reunification,The Middle Kingdom in which Manetone merges two dynasties, the XI and the XII, actually began only at the end of the XI dynasty with the reunification of Egypt by Mentuhotep II...
The First Intermediate Period The First Intermediate Period start already from the fifth dynasty, we witness a slow but progressive decline of the central power of the pharaoh with a consequent increase of the local rulers. The nomarchs were preoccupied with their territory, increasingly disengaging from the central authority further reducing the royal influence. VI...
