Walls-of-the-Ruler

The Walls-of-the-Ruler was a fortification, or possibly a whole string of them, built by Amenemhat I in the 14th nome of Lower Egypt to protect the eastern approaches to Egypt. [Shaw, "op.cit.", p.159] It succeeded the Old Kingdom Walls-of-Snefru. [Morkot, "op.cit.", p.42]

The Walls-of-the-Ruler are mentioned in the "Tale of Sinuhe" [Lichtheim, p.224] and in the so-called "Prophecy of Neferti" [Dodson, "op.cit.", p.57] . No remains have been found to date, [Shaw, "op.cit.", p.159] but some think that the city of Sile (Tjaru) was part of it. New Kingdom depictions show forts which had a secured supply of water and were surrounded by crocodile infested ditches or canals which were spanned by bridges. [Morkot, "op.cit.", p.42]

References

* Ian Shaw, "The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt", Oxford University Press 2000
* Aidan Dodson, "Monarchs of the Nile", American Univ in Cairo Press 2000
* M. Lichtheim, "Ancient Egyptian Literature", volume 1, University of California Press 1973
* Robert G. Morkot, "The Egyptians: An Introduction", Routledge 2005

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