Itjtawy

Itjtawy

Itjtawy (full Egyptian name: "Amenemhat-itj-tawy" — "Amenemhat – the Seizer of the Two Lands"), is the as-yet unidentified location of the royal city founded by Twelfth Dynasty Egyptian King Amenemhat I during year 20 of his reign. [cite journal |author=Arnold, Dorothea |title=Amenemhat I and the Early Twelfth Dynasty at Thebes |journal=Metropolitan Museum Journal |volume=26 |pages=5–48 |year=1991 |doi=10.2307/1512902] It is located in the Faiyum region, and its cemeteries were located at Lisht, el-Lahun and Dahshur. The site of Itjtawy may have been chosen due to its proximity to the source of Asiatic incursions into Egypt to help prevent further attacks. [Citation | editor-last =Shaw | editor-first =Ian | title =The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt | year =2000 | pages =159 | place =Oxford | publisher =Oxford University Press]

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