Egypt's antiquities ministry announced the ... near Abydos in about 1839 B.C. with the burial there of the powerful 12th dynasty pharaoh Senusret III. But Egypt soon fell prey to factional rulers.

Toward the end of the 12th Dynasty, many people from Syria-Palestine settled in Egypt. Some had been brought as prisoners of war and others apparently immigrated voluntarily for economic reasons.

Egypt paid the price.) All the courtiers looked to the royal family to solve the situation: to main­tain the balance of power among the elites, to keep the wealth pouring in. The 12th dynasty ...

Idi's father served as the governor of Asyut during the reign of Senusret I, the second pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1971 to 1926 B.C.E. and was associated with the height ...

The mysterious tomb was made at the Nile River in Upper Egypt’s Western Assiut Mountain by a team of researchers. The tomb which dates back to the 12th Dynasty, belonged to Edi, the daughter of ...

Egypt's Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said ... suggesting that it was a family tomb used for generations during the 12th Dynasty and the beginning of the 13th Dynasty, said Mohamed Ismail ...

who was governor of Assuit in Upper Egypt during the reign of King Senusret I of the 12th dynasty (1991–1778 BC). The discovery was made during excavation work carried out on the father’s tomb in ...