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Welcome back to the Egyptian history podcast, episode 33, Revivals and Regents.

In the year 1987, B.C. E. Egypt's Royal Court was flourishing and the country was stable.

A Menem Hart I had taken power in a short civil war, pushing aside two competitors in upper Egypt and lower Nubia, thus claiming the dual kingship.

To secure his assumption and legitimise his admittedly violent seizure of power,

a Menom Hart had ordered the composition of a lengthy work of fiction.

The prophecy of Neferti, which I recounted in episode 32, set the stage for the king's rule as one prophesied since the early fourth dynasty.

Now the king took his program of Old Kingdom Revivalism to the next level.

After abandoning plans for a royal tomb at Thebes, the king decided to commission a new burial at a previously unused site.

This area, known today as El Lisht, became the cemetery of choice for Amenemhart and his son Senusaret the first.

But rather than initiate one of the temple tombs favoured by 11th Dynasty rulers,

a Manam Hart decided something new was needed.

Well, by something new, I mean something old,

for a Manam Hart had chosen to revive the old kingdom ideal of pyramid building.

At Lesthed, which is about 35 kilometers south of Sakara, the Royal Surveyors laid plans for a new pyramid that would be 55 meters high.

It was to be made of a mixture of mud brick and limestone, which would help to save effort and time in the construction process.

The result was not exactly what you'd call ideal. The pyramid was badly eroded even in the 22nd dynasty, approximately 1,000 years after its construction.

Now that is pretty impressive by most standards, but in a country already home to the Great Pyramids of Giza and the

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