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.[1] It succeeded the Old Kingdom Walls-of-Sneferu.[2]
The Walls-of-the-Ruler are mentioned in the Tale of Sinuhe[3] and in the so-called Prophecy of Neferti.[4] No remains have been found.[1] 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.[2]
In popular culture
A fictionalized version of the Walls-of-the-Ruler are present in the first DLC (The Hidden Ones) of the 2017 video game Assassin's Creed Origins. Unlike real-life accounts of it, it is located on the Sinai Peninsula, rather than mainland Egypt.
References
- ^ a b Ian Shaw, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford University Press 2000, p. 159
- ^ a b Robert Morkot, The Egyptians: An Introduction, Routledge 2005, p. 42
- ^ Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, volume 1, University of California Press 1973, p. 224
- ^ Aidan Dodson, Monarchs of the Nile, American University in Cairo Press 2000, p. 57
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