This study concerns itself with the 8th to early 12th dynasties. A
period allegedly interpreted by the Egyptians themselves as a period of
change and divided into a time of decline and a time of restoration or
renaissance. Antonia Giewekemeyer reconsiders these Egyptological
reconstructions by both analysing their scholarly development and by
surveying the available contemporaneous Egyptian sources. As a result,
she argues that the Egyptian sources emphasise continuation and
coherence instead of restauration or renaissance. Furthermore, she
demonstrates how the modern experience of change affected and finally
misled Egyptological reconstructions.