Lisht or el-Lisht (Arabic: اللشت, romanized: Al-Lišt) is an Egyptian village located south of Cairo. It is the site of Middle Kingdom royal and elite...

Amenemhat I moved the capital from Thebes to Itjtawy and was buried in el-Lisht. He may have been assassinated. Amenemhat I's praenomen occupies the first...

supporting nomarchs who were loyal to him. His pyramid was constructed at el-Lisht. Senusret I is mentioned in the Story of Sinuhe where he is reported to...

Dynasty ruled from Thebes and the kings of the Twelfth Dynasty ruled from el-Lisht. The concept of the Middle Kingdom as one of three golden ages was coined...

crown) and King of Lower Egypt (right, with the red crown); wood, from el-Lisht, 12th dynasty, Middle Kingdom (Egyptian Museum, main floor, room 22, JE44951)...

The pyramid of Amenemhat I is an Egyptian burial structure built at Lisht by the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt, Amenemhat I. This structure...

his entire career. Between 1906 and 1931 he took part in excavations at El-Lisht, Kharga Oasis and around Luxor, before serving as director of the Metropolitan...

is thought to be near the Fayyum, probably near the royal graveyards at el-Lisht. The order of its rulers of the Twelfth Dynasty is well known from several...

Rawash Giza Zawyet el'Aryan and Abusir Saqqara South Saqqara Dahshur El-Lisht Meidum and El-Lahun Hawara Peck 2001, p. 289. Lepsius Denkmaler 2016. Arnold 2008...

their strings that were among artifacts found at the archaeological site, El-Lisht. In France jumping jacks were especially popular and generally known as...

el-Medina. In addition to these jars as well as aforementioned depictions on bedroom paraphernalia, faience baby bottles have been found in el-Lisht,...

divided into twenty districts called nomes, the first of which was at el-Lisht. Because Lower Egypt was mostly undeveloped scrubland, filled with all...

Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2012-12-25. "el-Lisht Necropolis". Egyptian Monuments. 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2018-02-24. Nancy...

including a near complete replica of the texts in the tomb of Senwosretankh at El-Lisht. Ancient Egyptian belief held that the individual consisted of three basic...

location still unknown, but it is believed to lie near the modern town of el-Lisht. Thinis, Egypt – undiscovered city and centre of the Thinite Confederacy...

inscribed in the tomb of the 12th-Dynasty High Priest Senwosretankh at El-Lisht. Unas' pyramid, situated between the pyramids of Djoser and Sekhemkhet...

of the Metropolitan Museum, he leads the museum's annual expeditions to el-Lisht and Dahshur. In 1981 he published a proposal for the construction of the...

which ruled from Thebes, and the 12th and 13th Dynasties, centered on el-Lisht. The unified kingdom was previously considered to comprise the 11th and...

metalwork. Kamares sherds from roughly this period have been found at El-Lisht in Egypt, near the pyramid of Amenemhat I. Amenemhat I belonged to the...

Eleventh Dynasty ruled from Thebes and the Twelfth Dynasty ruled from el-Lisht. The middle kingdom reached its peak under the pharaohs Senusret III and...

IV and Sobekneferu. Two major pyramids are known to have been built at Lisht: those of Amenemhat I and his son, Senusret I. The latter is surrounded...

Senusret I. The pyramid was built during the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt at el-Lisht, near the pyramid of his father, Amenemhat I. Its ancient name was Senusret...

was involved in overseeing the construction of the temple at Karnak. At el-Lisht he had a large tomb next to the pyramid of Senusret I. When it was found...

Ryholt, include three cylinder-seals from Athribis, a tile found near el-Lisht, scarab seals and an axe blade. The Turin King List column 7:20 mentions...

Eleventh Dynasty ruled from Thebes and the Twelfth Dynasty ruled from el-Lisht. During the Middle Kingdom period, Osiris became the most important deity...

Dynasty pharaoh Amenemhat I. Rehuerdjersen is mainly known from his tomb at el-Lisht (tomb no. 384), close to the pyramid of Amenemhat I. His mastaba was heavily...

13th Dynasty was still Itjtawy in the north, near the modern village of el-Lisht. Artefacts Neferhotep I is known from a relatively high number of objects...

cemetery at el-Lisht bear the name Sehetepibre, written without a cartouche or royal title. A virtually identical scarab was also found at Tell el-ʿAjjul in...

of his mother Senet is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in the Theban Necropolis, opposite Luxor. At Lisht, Intefiqer was buried in a mastaba next to the...

Amenemhat I's re-use of Old Kingdom pyramid blocks in his monument in El-Lisht, noted that one specific block dating to the period originates from neither...