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Nile Divided (First Intermediate Period 01)

Nile Divided (First Intermediate Period 01)

Update: 2024-07-16
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By 2100 BCE, Egypt’s royal house was in trouble. A line of kings, known as the pr-Hty (“House of Khety”) claimed authority over the whole Nile Valley. But archaeological and historical data paint a different picture: of a growing division between communities in the north and south of Egypt. The “Two Lands” were separating, and government was too weak to stop it…

Logo image: A northern official named Ipi. From his tomb at the cemetery of Ihnaysa el-Medina (Photo Perez Die 2016).

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Nile Divided (First Intermediate Period 01)

Nile Divided (First Intermediate Period 01)

Dominic Perry