Then in 1996, archaeologists unearthed the Hyksos capital city at a site north of modern-day Cairo, Egypt. The city was founded in the 12th dynasty and quickly grew to become a large harbor city ...

A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission from Sohag and Berlin Universities has discovered the burial chamber of a woman named Edi, daughter of Jifai-Hapi who was governor of Assuit in Upper ...

About 4,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, landscapers constructed a rectangular funerary garden bed likely filled with lettuce, ... (The 12th Dynasty lasted from 1939 B.C. to 1760 B.C.) ...

A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission from Sohag and Berlin Universities has discovered the burial chamber of a woman named Edi, daughter of Jifai-Hapi, who was governor of Assuit in Upper ...

Egypt's top archaeologist, ... El-Aydi explained it was a surprise, because the prevailing idea was that this site dated to the 12th dynasty of King Senwosret the II's reign, ...

During the Middle Kingdom, especially during the 12th Dynasty (1950 B.C. to 1775 B.C.), the governors of Elephantine built giant funerary complexes in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa.

But she is in better shape than Senetepibre-ankh, a high priest of the 12th Dynasty (c. 1938-1759 B.C.), who appears at the close of the exhibition. All that is left are his black granite toes ...

ASWAN, EGYPT—According to a report in Ahram Online, an intact tomb dating to the 12th Dynasty has been discovered in the necropolis at Qubbet El-Hawa by the Spanish Archaeological Mission.