Fine Egyptian Art - Episode 14
Fine Egyptian Art Collection
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Amenemhat III (throne name, Nimaatre) 1853 — 1806 BC Amenemhet III brought Middle Kingdom Egypt to a peak of economic prosperity by completing a system to regulate the inflow of water into Lake Moeris, in the Al-Fayyūm depression southwest of Cairo.
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