Middle Kingdom of Egypt

The Middle Kingdom is the period in the history of ancient Egypt stretching from the establishment of the Eleventh Dynasty to the end of the Fourteenth Dynasty, roughly between 2030 BC and 1640 BC.

The period had two phases, the 11th Dynasty, which ruled from Thebes and the 12th and the following dynasties which revolved around el-Lisht. These two dynasties were originally considered to be the full extent of this unified kingdom, but historians now ^[1] consider the 13th Dynasty to at least partially belong to the Middle Kingdom.

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Middle Kingdom Of Egypt Media

A painted relief depicting pharaoh Mentuhotep II, from his mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari
An Osiride statue of the first pharaoh of the Middle Kingdom, Mentuhotep II
The head of a statue of Senusret I.
Statue head of Senusret III
A rare etched carnelian bead excavated in Egypt, and thought to have been imported from the Indus Valley civilization through Mesopotamia, in an example of Egypt-Mesopotamia relations. Abydos tomb 197, Late Middle Kingdom. Now in Petrie Museum ref. UC30334, London.
A kneeling statue of Sobekhotep V, one of the pharaohs from the declining years of the Middle Kingdom.
Clay model of a Middle Kingdom house. Musée du Louvre.
Seated Statue of Amenemhat III, around 19th century BC. The State Hermitage Museum