Wehem Mesut

The period of Ancient Egyptian history known as wehem mesut (Manuel de Codage transliteration: wHm msw.t) can be literally translated as "Repetition of Births", but is usually referred to as the "Era of the Renaissance" [cite book|title=The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt|first=Ian|last=Shaw (ed)|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=p.309|location=Oxford|year=2000] ) starts in about year 19 of Ramesses XI) of Ancient Egyptian history [Andrzej Niwinski, Bürgerkrieg, militärischer Staatsstreich und Ausnahmezustand in Ägypten unter Ramses XI. Ein Versuch neuer Interpretation der alten Quellen] at the end of the New Kingdom and the start of the Third Intermediate Period. It marks a final waning of the power of the centralised monarchy, with Ramesses XI still nominally pharaoh, but with Herihor as High Priest of Amun in Thebes and Smendes in Tanis ruling respectively Upper and Lower Egypt. [José Lull, Los sumos sacerdotes de Amón tebanos de la wHm mswt y dinastía XXI] .

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