48: The Last Flowering of the Middle Kingdom

King Amen-em-hat III (aka Ny-ma'at-Re) was the last "great" ruler of Dynasty 12. Over forty-six years in power, he would achieve significant things for his royal household. Unfortunately, cracks were beginning to appear in Egypt's kingdom... Date: c. 1840 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments.  Select Bibliography: Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2010. Wolfram Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, 2006. Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994. Gregory D. Mumford and Sarah Parcak, “Pharaonic Ventures into the South Sinai,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 89 (2003). JSTOR. Alan B. Lloyd (editor), A Companion to Ancient Egypt, 2010. Google Books preview. Kerry Muhlstein, “Levantine Thinking in Egypt,” Egypt, Canaan and Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature, 2009. Google Books preview. James P. Allen, “The Historical Inscription of Khnumhotep at Dahshur,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 352 (2008). JSTOR. R. Neil Hewison, The Fayoum: History and Guide, 2008. Google Books preview. University College London wesbite: Satire of the Trades; The Labyrinth of Hawara. Chris Kirby‘s Reconstruction of Biahmu. Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices