The Great London [01/26/17] 

  • Travel: 'Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom' at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

    The reunification of ancient Egypt achieved by Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II—the first pharaoh of the Middle Kingdom—was followed by a great cultural flowering that lasted nearly 400 years. During the Middle Kingdom (mid-Dynasty 11–Dynasty 13, around 2030–1650 B.C.), artistic, cultural, religious, and political traditions first conceiv…