Ancient Egypt: Middle Kingdom

The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt lasted between 2022 and 1650 BC, under the rule of Senwosret, Khendjer, Neferhotep, and Salitis, and with the important archaeological sites of Hierakonpolis, Heracleopolis, Abydos, Dendera, el Kab, and Deir el Ballas.

Karnak
Karnak is the name of a long-used Egyptian temple near Luxor, the largest of the religious sanctuaries in Thebes.

Abydos Egypt
Abydos is an Early Dynastic city and necropolis in Egypt, built ca 3150 BC by Seti I and sacred to Osiris; it was also important during the Middle Kingdom.

Luxor, Egypt
Middle Kingdom capital site and sanctuary of ancient Egypt near Thebes,

Thebes, Egypt
The Egyptian Middle and New Kingdom capital of Thebes, in the modern town of Luxor Egypt, was first occupied during the Old Kingdom.

Hierakonpolis
Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt--ancient Nekhen and city of the Hawk--is a vast archaeological site, first established during the Old Kingdom, but most prominent during the Middle Kingdom. From Archaeology online.

Serabit el-Khadem
The archaeological site of Serabit el-Khadem is on the Sinai peninsula, on a small plateau north of the modern town of al-Tor.

Lisht, Egypt
A brief description of the Middle Kingdom pyramids at Lisht

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