Bee hieroglyph from the tomb of the pharaoh Senusret I (aka Sesostris I): “Sedge and Bee.” Bust of Senusret I located in the Neues Museum, Berlin. As the second pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty, he ruled from 1971 BC to 1926 BC and was known to be one of the most powerful kings of this Dynasty.

Bee hieroglyph from the tomb of the pharaoh Senusret I (aka Sesostris I): “Sedge and Bee.”

Bust of Senusret I located in the Neues Museum, Berlin. As the second pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty, he ruled from 1971 BC to 1926 BC and was known to be one of the most powerful kings of this Dynasty.