Egypt's Middle Kingdom was a time of great prosperity, but uncertainty and instability as well. Nonetheless, the period produced many great works of art and literature, as well as new religious ideas.

Theme:  Egypt in the Middle Kingdom

• Toby Wilkinson, 'The age of cultural revival - The Middle Kingdom'.
• John Coleman Darnell, 'The birth of Victorious Thebes - Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II'.
• Bianca van Sittert, 'Burial practices during the Middle Kingdom - Out with the old...'.
• Sigrid van Roode, 'Middle Kingdom royal jewellery - Happiness, eternity, and protection'.
• Colleen Darnell, 'Adventures abroad - The story of Sinuhe'.
• Wolfram Grajetzki, 'Art production in the mid-Thirteenth Dynasty - High-end versus low end'.

Features:

• Murray Dahm, 'Untangling the Thracian gladiator - Who was Spartacus?'.
• Louise Hitchcock, 'The accidental archaeologist - Becoming Lawrence of Arabia'.
• Irene Svitsou, 'Philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, wonderwoman - Hypatia of Alexandria'.
• Sean Mowbray, 'Tripping the faunal fantastic with Pliny the Elder - A cure for what ails you'.
• Manon Henzen, 'Throwing a party in ancient Egypt - Pyramid cakes'.
• Jona Lendering, 'A brief introduction to papyrology - Reading ancient texts'.