Encyclopedia - Amenemhat I: Encyclopedia - Amenemhat I
Amenemhat I was the first ruler of the Twelfth Dynasty (the dynasty debated to be the beginning of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt). Amenemhe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia - Hyksos
The Hyksos (Egyptian heka khasewet) were an ethnically mixed group of Southwest Asiatic or Semitic people who appeared in the eastern Nil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyksos - The Thebean Offensive
Hyksos - Under Sekenenra Tao II. The war against the Hyksos began in the closing years of the Seventeenth Dynasty at Thebes. Later New ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Middle Kingdom Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Middle Kingdom Of Egypt - The Twelfth Dynasty
After the reigns of his successors (Mentuhotep III) and (Mentuhotep IV) of the Eleventh Dynasty ended, there was a smooth transition into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Pyramids: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Pyramids - Pyramid Sites
The number of pyramid structures in Egypt today is reported by most sources as being between 80 and 110, with a majority favouring the hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyksos - Extent And Nature Of Hyksos Rule
The Hyksos kingdom, then, was centered in the eastern Nile Delta and Middle Egypt and remained limited in size, never extending south int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyksos - Who Were The Hyksos?
The term "Hyksos" derives from the expression heka khasewet (Rulers of Foreign Lands), used in Egyptian texts like the Turin King List to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Pyramids: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Pyramids - Construction
The techniques used to construct Egypt's pyramids are thought to have initially been developed by trial and error[7], and then further ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Pyramids: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Pyramids - Pyramid Symbolism
The shape of Egyptian pyramids is thought to represent the primordial mound from which the Egyptians believed the earth was created. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Pyramids: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Pyramids - Historic Development
By the time of the early Dynastic period of Egyptian history, those with sufficient means were buried in visually unremarkable bench-like...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyksos - Was There A Hyksos Invasion?
Manetho's account of the appearance of the Hyksos in Egypt calls it an armed invasion by a horde of foreign barbarians who met little res...   » Read the article