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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Karnak
Karnak is the name of a long-used Egyptian temple near Luxor, the largest of the religious sanctuaries in Thebes.
Karnak is the name of a long-used Egyptian temple near Luxor, the largest of the religious sanctuaries in Thebes.
Luxor, Egypt
Middle Kingdom capital site and sanctuary of ancient Egypt near Thebes,
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.
The Egyptian Middle and New Kingdom capital of Thebes, in the modern town of Luxor Egypt, was first occupied during the Old Kingdom.
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.
The archaeological site of Serabit el-Khadem is on the Sinai peninsula, on a small plateau north of the modern town of al-Tor.