<P> Provincial governors in the Middle Kingdom continued to be buried in decorated rock - cut tombs in their local cemeteries , carried over from the First Intermediate Period , at sites such as Beni Hasan . There is evidence of a re-organization of the system of government during the 12th Dynasty . During the First Intermediate Period and for some of the Middle Kingdom period it was common for Nomarchs ( someone who oversees / controls a government specified area ) to be hereditary positions ; the elite did not depend on the king to legitimize their power as much as they had in the Old Kingdom . In the 12th Dynasty the power of the Nomarchs began to be curtailed , and provincial governors were appointed or at least confirmed by the king . </P>
<P> Provincial governors in the Middle Kingdom continued to be buried in decorated rock - cut tombs in their local cemeteries , carried over from the First Intermediate Period , at sites such as Beni Hasan . There is evidence of a re-organization of the system of government during the 12th Dynasty . During the First Intermediate Period and for some of the Middle Kingdom period it was common for Nomarchs ( someone who oversees / controls a government specified area ) to be hereditary positions ; the elite did not depend on the king to legitimize their power as much as they had in the Old Kingdom . In the 12th Dynasty the power of the Nomarchs began to be curtailed , and provincial governors were appointed or at least confirmed by the king . </P>
who was buried in the rock-cut tombs at beni-hasan
who was buried in the rock-cut tombs at beni-hasan
Provincial governors in the Middle Kingdom
Provincial governors in the Middle Kingdom