▁changes ▁had ▁an ▁ide ological ▁purpose , ▁as ▁the ▁Ele vent h ▁D ynast y ▁k ings ▁were ▁establish ing ▁a ▁central ized ▁state ▁after ▁the ▁First ▁Inter mediate ▁Period , ▁and ▁returning ▁to ▁the ▁political ▁ide als ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁Kingdom . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁Tw elf th ▁D ynast y , ▁the ▁art work ▁had ▁a ▁uniform ity ▁of ▁style ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁the ▁royal ▁work sh ops . ▁It ▁was ▁at ▁this ▁point ▁that ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁art istic ▁production ▁for ▁the ▁el ite ▁members ▁of ▁society ▁reached ▁a ▁high ▁point ▁that ▁was ▁never ▁sur pass ed , ▁although ▁it ▁was ▁equ aled ▁in ▁other ▁periods . ▁Egypt ▁prosper ed ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁Tw elf th ▁D ynast y , ▁and ▁this ▁was ▁reflected ▁in ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁the ▁materials ▁used ▁for ▁royal ▁and ▁private ▁monuments . ▁ ▁The ▁k ings ▁of ▁the ▁Tw elf th ▁D ynast y ▁were ▁buried ▁in ▁py ram id ▁complex es ▁based ▁on ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁Fif th ▁and ▁Six th ▁D ynast ies . ▁In ▁the ▁Old ▁Kingdom , ▁these ▁were ▁made ▁of ▁stone ▁br icks , ▁but ▁the ▁Middle ▁Kingdom ▁k ings ▁chose ▁to ▁have ▁their s ▁made ▁of ▁mud ▁br icks ▁and ▁finished ▁with ▁a ▁cas ing ▁of ▁T ura ▁lim estone . ▁Private ▁tomb s , ▁such ▁as ▁those ▁found ▁in ▁The bes , ▁usually ▁consisted ▁of ▁a ▁long ▁passage ▁cut ▁into ▁rock , ▁with ▁a ▁small ▁chamber ▁at ▁the ▁end . ▁These ▁t ended ▁to ▁have ▁little