Resources

Resources for general readers, students, and specialists

This section offers a series of resources online such as videos, webs with discussions, museum collections, podcasts, and documentaries to those mainly interested in the Middle Kingdom Egypt. In addition, it includes a brief section with documentaries for children so that they can also learn and enjoy with ancient Egypt.

Documentaries

El Reino Medio. La Dinastía XI durante el Reino Medio
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

El Reino Medio. Los inicios de la Dinastía XII con Amenemhat I
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

El Reino Medio. La expansión bajo Senusert III y Amenemhat III, y el final de la Dinastía
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Museo Arqueológico Nacional (MAN)
Departamento de Oriente Próximo, Egipto y Nubia
Podcasts y documentales diversos sobre Egipto y Nubia

Los escribas del antiguo Egipto
Documentalia

Los inicios del Reino Medio en Tebas. Las primeras cuatro campañas del Middle Kingdom Theban Project en Deir el-Bahari
Museo Arqueológico Nacional (MAN) – VI Congreso Iberoamericano de Egiptología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)

Individuo, sociedad y creencias en la literatura del antiguo Egipto
Curso impartido en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid
Cinco lecciones de literatura por Antonio J. Morales
Lección 1
Lección 2
Lección 3
Lección 4
Lección 5

Digging into the Past
Egyptian Excavations of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ancient Egypt Transformed. The Middle Kingdom
Inside the Catalogue, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Middle Kingdom Egyptian Art at the Met
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (grabación personal)

Precaution – The hippopotamus “William”
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Dr. Isabel Stünkel

Sustenance – Statue of an Offering Bearer
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Dr. Catharine Roehrig

Magical – Pectoral and necklace of Sithathoryunet
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Dr. Adela Oppenheim

The Middle Kingdom: from our Egyptian Museum to you
Rosicrucian Museum Educational Guide

Egypt Middle Kingdom
Egypt Episode 2 – Rebirth

History of Civilizations 13: Egypt – The Middle Kingdom
Por John Stevenson, 2017

The Egyptian Middle Kingdom – Part 1
Devastorm Ancient History

The Egyptian Middle Kingdom – Part 2
Devastorm Ancient History

Egyptian Art III – The Middle Kingdom
East Tennessee State University

Egyptian workers in archaeology digs
Harvard University

Documentaries for children

El Imperio Medio – Egipto
Sociales Cárbula

Antiguo Egipto para niños
Happy Learning Español

El antiguo Egipto
Academia Play

El antiguo Egipto para niños
Smile and Learn Español

Ancient Egypt for Kids
Ancient Egypt – The Pharaohs’ Civilization

Ancient Egypt – Middle Kingdom
Ancient Library – History for Kids

Ancient Egypt for Kids – History Video Lesson
Homeschool Pop!

Ancient Egypt: The Pharaoh Civilization
Educational Videos for Kids – Happy Learning English

Museums and collections

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
Collections and research, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Archaeological Museum of Bologna
Middle Kingdom collection

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Ancient Egypt and Sudan

British Museum (BM)
Department of Egypt and Sudan

Brooklyn Museum of New York
Ancient Egyptian Art

Egyptian Museum, Universität Bonn
Egyptian collection

Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Egyptian collection

Egyptian Museum, Universität Leipzig
Egyptian collection

Fitzwilliam Museum of Cambridge
Egyptian collection

Grand Egyptian Museum
Egyptian collection

Louvre Museum
Département des Antiquités Egyptiennes

Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (MMA)
Egypt in the Middle Kingdom

Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (MMA)
Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom

Museo Egizio di Torino
Egyptian collection

National Archaeological Museum, Madrid (MAN)
Departamento de Oriente Próximo, Egipto y Nubia

Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Egyptian Section

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Egyptian Archaeology

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
The Middle Kingdom

 

Podcasts

An intact tomb (works by Ernesto Schiaparelli and Arthur Weigall)
The History of Egypt Podcast

Hundred-Gated Thebes (constructions by Amenhotep III at Thebes)
The History of Egypt Podcast

Ancient Lives (interview to Egyptologist Elisabeth Frood)
The History of Egypt Podcast

Khoiakh Festivities
The History of Egypt Podcast

Feasting, Laughing and Dancing 
The History of Egypt Podcast

A Fire in the South: The First Intermediate Period – A Kingdom Divided
The History of Egypt Podcast

The Fire Rises: First Intermediate Period – Khety versus Intef
The History of Egypt Podcast

A Walk in the Desert: Montuhotep II – Monuments at Thebes
The History of Egypt Podcast

The King in the North: Montuhotep II – The Theban Court 
The History of Egypt Podcast

The War God: Montuhotep II – The Nubian War 
The History of Egypt Podcast

Smooth Sailing on Red Sea: Montuhotep III – Peace, wealth and trade 
The History of Egypt Podcast

The Repeating of Births: Amenemhat I – The Prophecy of Neferty 
The History of Egypt Podcast

Revivals and Regencies: Amenemhat I – Father and Son 
The History of Egypt Podcast

Night of the Lonh Knives: Senuseret I – The Tale of Sinuhe 
The History of Egypt Podcast

The White Chapel: Senuseret I – Karnak
The History of Egypt Podcast

Imperial projects: Senuseret I – Nubian Gold
The History of Egypt Podcast

The Oasis: Senuseret II and the Faiyum Oasis
The History of Egypt Podcast

From One Era to Another
The History of Egypt Podcast

Strong ruler(s)
The History of Egypt Podcast

The Shipwrecked Sailor
The History of Egypt Podcast

Burial Rites – Nubkaure Amenemhat II (Part I)
The History of Egypt Podcast

The Wealth of Asia – Nubkaure Amenemhat II (Part II)
The History of Egypt Podcast

Underworld: Senuseret III (Part I) – The Secret Tombs
The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominion over All: Senuseret III (Part II) – Society and Death
The History of Egypt Podcast

Two Dynasties at Once: Canaanites, Egyptians and a Divided Kingdom
The History of Egypt Podcast

End of An Era: Late Days of Dynasty XII
The History of Egypt Podcast

Projects (with focus on the Middle Kingdom)

Asyut Project, Western Necropolis of Asyut
Mainz Universität, Freie Universität Berlin and Sohag University

British Museum Expedition to Hagr Edfu Project
The British Museum (BM)

C2 Project Royal Cache Wadi Survey
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)

Dayr al-Barsha Project, Al-Minya
KU Leuven University

Elephatine Island Mission
Swiss Institute in Cairo and Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

El-Lisht Joint Archaeological Mission
University of Alabama and Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

Gebelein Archaeological Project, Qena
Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology

Meir Tombs Project
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Middle Kingdom Palace at Bubastis, Al-Sharqiya
Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OREA) and University of Wurzburg

Middle Kingdom Theban Project
University of Alcalá Archaeological Expedition to Deir el-Bahari

North Abydos Votive Zone Project
University of Toronto, Pennsylvania–Yale–Institute of Fine Arts Expedition

Osiris’s Cult at Umm el-Qaab, Abydos
Deutsches Archäeologies Institut in Kairo (DAIK) and Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

Project Asasif
Polish-Egyptian Mission at the Temple of Hatshepsut

Project Herakléopolis Magna, Beni Suef
National Archaeological Museum, Madrid (MAN)

Project Qubbet el-Hawa, Necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa, Aswan
University of Jaén (UJA)

Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III Project, Dahshur
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Qaryet al-Shatb, Asyut
British Museum, Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, Cambridge University, Freie Universität and IFAO

Settlement and urban development at Dendera, Qena
The Oriental Institute of Chicago and CNRS

Wadi El-Hudi Project
California State University – San Bernardino