The gate featuring inscriptions about King Amenemhat I dates back around 3,000 years Ministry of Antiquities An ancient Egyptian gate has been removed from its original site in north Cairo and ...

nother important Middle Kingdom settlement was located at Lisht, where 12th Dynasty kings Amenemhat I and Senwosret I built their pyramids. Some scholars, myself included, believe that this might ...

King Amenemhat I reigned from 1991 – 1962 BC and was the first ruler of ancient Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, which is considered by scholars to be the golden age of the Middle Kingdom.

Egypt's Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni and Dr. Zahi Hawass today returned a piece of red granite belonging to an ancient Egyptian temple to its rightful place - the base of Amenemhat I's naos.

It appears to have belonged to a dignitary identified as Amenemhat. Related: Ancient Egypt: Tombs more than 2,000 years old uncovered by archaeologists in hidden burial chambers ...

It belonged to Amenemhat – which means the god “Amen Is In the Forefront” – and his wife Amenhotep, said Mostafa Al-Waziri, who led the Egyptian team which unearthed the 3,500-year-old tomb.

EGYPT archaeologist Dr Chris Naunton has told Express.co.uk that he is pinning hope on two ancient cities being uncovered following a revolution in his field.

Edmund Bower at The Guardian reports that the tomb contains mummies believed to be a goldsmith called Amenemhat, who lived sometime between 1550 B.C. to 1292 B.C., the famous 18th dynasty that ...