Lintel and Relief from the Tomb of the Overseer of Priests and Keeper of the sacred Cattle Mereri, Describing His Exemplary Life, First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 9, ca. 2100–2030 B.C., From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Dendera, Tomb of Mereri, Behind Temple of Hathor, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1898, Limestone, H. 50 cm (19 11/16 in.); l. 44 cm (17 5/6 in.), After the weak Eighth Dynasty, no pharaoh claimed to rule over the whole country. Historians call the ensuing phase of Egyptian history the First Intermediate Period. At the root of the decline in political cohesion were serious economic problems
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Lintel, Relief, Tomb, Overseer, Priests, Keeper, sacred Cattle Mereri, Describing, Exemplary Life, First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 9, ca, 2100–2030 B.C, Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Dendera, Mereri, Temple, Hathor, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1898, Limestone, H, 50 cm, 19 11/16, l, 44, 17 5/6, weak Eighth Dynasty, no pharaoh, claimed, rule, whole country, Historians call, ensuing phase, Egyptian history, Intermediate, Period, root, decline, political cohesion, serious economic, problems
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