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The White Chapel, a structure significant to archaeologists and scholars for listing all the nomes of the time on it, built by Senusret I, 1971-1926 BCE, Middle Kingdom of Egypt. The White Chapel was destroyed and recycled for use in the Temple of Karnak but restored between 1927 and 1930 and may still be seen today.
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Pethen, H. (2016, October 04). White Chapel. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5837/white-chapel/
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Pethen, Hannah. "White Chapel." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 04, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5837/white-chapel/.
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Pethen, Hannah. "White Chapel." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 04 Oct 2016, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5837/white-chapel/. Web. 17 Jul 2025.
