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...
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Amenemhat I moved the capital from Thebes to Itjtawy and was buried in el-Lisht. Both the Instructions of Amenemhat and the Story of Sinuhe suggest he...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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Pyramid of Amenemhat I (category Lisht)
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...
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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...
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el-Medina. In addition to these jars as well as aforementioned depictions on bedroom paraphernalia, faience baby bottles have been found in el-Lisht,...
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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...
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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...
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Lower Egypt (redirect from Maṣr El-sofla)
divided into twenty districts called nomes, the first of which was at el-Lisht. Because Lower Egypt was mostly undeveloped scrubland, filled with all...
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inscribed in the tomb of the 12th-Dynasty High Priest Senwosretankh at El-Lisht. Unas' pyramid, situated between the pyramids of Djoser and Sekhemkhet...
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their strings that were among artifacts found at the archaeological site, El-Lisht. In France jumping jacks were especially popular and generally known as...
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Ancient Egyptian royal ships (section Lisht)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Eleventh Dynasty ruled from Thebes and the Twelfth Dynasty ruled from el-Lisht. During the Middle Kingdom period, Osiris became the most important deity...
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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...
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Egyptian pyramids (section Lisht)
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...
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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...
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Pyramid of Senusret I (category Lisht)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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