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    Pyramid of Senusret II (Greek: Sesostris II) is located near the modern town, and is often called the Pyramid of Lahun. The site was occupied during the...
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    Senusret II (redirect from Sesostris II)
    or Sesostris II was the fourth pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1897 BC to 1878 BC. His pyramid was constructed at El-Lahun. Senusret...
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  • part of the Kahun Papyri, which was discovered at El-Lahun (also known as Lahun, Kahun or Il-Lahun) by Flinders Petrie during excavations of a workers'...
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    Stünkel: Le complexe pyramidial des Sésostris III à Dahchour, in: Fleur Morfoisse, Guillemette Andreu-Lanoë (editors): Sésostris III, Pharon de légende, 2014...
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    (Thames and Hudson Ltd, London), c. 2000. See "1920, The Golden Uraeus of Sesostris II from el-Lahun", p. 157. Media related to Uraeus at Wikimedia Commons...
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    the son of a woman from Elephantine called Nofret and a priest called Sesostris (‘The man of the Great Goddess’).",Grimal, Nicolas (1994). A History of...
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    Amenemhat III reigned for at least 45 years, though a papyrus fragment from El-Lahun mentioning a 46th year probably dates to his reign as well. Toward the end...
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    swath of farmland. Senusret eventually placed his pyramid at the site of el-Lahun, near the junction of the Nile and the Fayuum's major irrigation canal,...
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  • BC – c. 1878 BC Son of Amenemhat II. His pyramid was constructed at El-Lahun. Senusret II was interested in the Faiyum oasis region and began work on...
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    resource during his reign. He also built a pyramid at Lahun. 1897–1878 BC Khakaure Senusret III (Sesostris) Senusret III got rid of nomarchs and made 3 administrative...
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    other Middle Kingdom settlements that were planned by the state, including Lahun. Many of the buildings inside the fortress saw substantial modifications...
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  • Sesenebnef Seshat Seshathetep Seshemetka Seshemnefer (III) Sesheshet Sesostris Set (deity) Set animal Setau Setepenre Setepenre (princess) Seth Meribre...
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