According to top-medical-schools, the maṣṭaba type survives in the Middle Kingdom for non-royal tombs, which instead continue to take up the Memphite pyramid in stone or unfired bricks with a little more slender shapes. Characteristic of these tombs are the decorative paintings. The painted relief is often replaced by a painting done directly on the wall. Alongside the traditional themes, scenes of war and family life appear. In the relief of a tomb in Meir two processions are depicted with figures of fat and thin people who, in the grotesque manner of the representation, break the traditional canonical schemes. With the XI dynasty in Thebes these provincial experiences are resumed and synthesized in a new artistic language. The architecture has the first impressive monument in the tomb of Montuhotep in Deir el-Bahari, consisting of two overlapping terraces, protruding from the sheer rock and surrounded by columns, above which a small pyramid rises. Also from this period is the statue of Montuhotep in ceremonial costume, which, squat and square, stands out for its realism. The realism of the Middle Kingdom finds full realization in the chiseled heads of Sesostris III or Amenemhat III. The same language belongs to the magnificent sphinxes of Tanis, later usurped by the Hyksos who inscribed their names there. However, there is a tendency that refers to serene Memphite grace, with more slender proportions, as in the statues of Sesostris I from Lisht. Also interesting are the elegant reliefs of a small kiosk of Sesostris I, which could be rebuilt in Thebes, and of a temple found in Madīnat. above which a small pyramid rises. Also from this period is the statue of Montuhotep in ceremonial costume, which, squat and square, stands out for its realism. The realism of the Middle Kingdom finds full realization in the chiseled heads of Sesostris III or Amenemhat III. The same language belongs to the magnificent sphinxes of Tanis, later usurped by the Hyksos who inscribed their names there. However, there is a tendency that refers to serene Memphite grace, with more slender proportions, as in the statues of Sesostris I from Lisht.
Also interesting are the elegant reliefs of a small kiosk of Sesostris I, which could be rebuilt in Thebes, and of a temple found in Madīnat. above which a small pyramid rises. Also from this period is the statue of Montuhotep in ceremonial costume, which, squat and square, stands out for its realism. The realism of the Middle Kingdom finds full realization in the chiseled heads of Sesostris III or Amenemhat III. The same language belongs to the magnificent sphinxes of Tanis, later usurped by the Hyksos who inscribed their names there. However, there is a tendency that refers to serene Memphite grace, with more slender proportions, as in the statues of Sesostris I from Lisht. Also interesting are the elegant reliefs of a small kiosk of Sesostris I, which could be rebuilt in Thebes, and of a temple found in Madīnat. it stands out for its realism. The realism of the Middle Kingdom finds full realization in the chiseled heads of Sesostris III or Amenemhat III. The same language belongs to the magnificent sphinxes of Tanis, later usurped by the Hyksos who inscribed their names there. However, there is a tendency that refers to serene Memphite grace, with more slender proportions, as in the statues of Sesostris I from Lisht. Also interesting are the elegant reliefs of a small kiosk of Sesostris I, which could be rebuilt in Thebes, and of a temple found in Madīnat. it stands out for its realism. The realism of the Middle Kingdom finds full realization in the chiseled heads of Sesostris III or Amenemhat III. The same language belongs to the magnificent sphinxes of Tanis, later usurped by the Hyksos who inscribed their names there. However, there is a tendency that refers to serene Memphite grace, with more slender proportions, as in the statues of Sesostris I from Lisht. Also interesting are the elegant reliefs of a small kiosk of Sesostris I, which could be rebuilt in Thebes, and of a temple found in Madīnat. However, there is a tendency that refers to serene Memphite grace, with more slender proportions, as in the statues of Sesostris I from Lisht. Also interesting are the elegant reliefs of a small kiosk of Sesostris I, which could be rebuilt in Thebes, and of a temple found in Madīnat. However, there is a tendency that refers to serene Memphite grace, with more slender proportions, as in the statues of Sesostris I from Lisht. Also interesting are the elegant reliefs of a small kiosk of Sesostris I, which could be rebuilt in Thebes, and of a temple found in Madīnat. Mādī, which dates back to Amenemhat III and IV. It remains to be remembered some precious goldsmiths of the time, with a delicate taste and exquisite workmanship, which come from the royal tombs of Fayyum and Dashur.
Characteristic of the period relating to the domination of the Hyksos, called the Second Intermediate Period, rather poor in artistic emergencies, are the scarabs with spiral decoration in which the names of some sovereigns are engraved. they unearthed the site where the Hyksos capital, Avaris, stood.
