Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pfungwa yoUmambo Hwepakati seimwe ye"nguva dzegoridhe" nhatu yakatangwa muna 1845 nenyanzvi yokuGermany yezveEgipita Baron von Bunsen, uye rondedzero yayo yakashanduka zvikuru mukati mezana ramakore rechi19 nerechi20. Dzimwe nyanzvi dzinosanganisirawo Dzinza regumi nematatu reEjipitori zvizere munguva iyi, muchiitiko ichocho Humambo hwepakati hwaizopera munenge muna 1650 BC, nepo vamwe vachingoisanganisira kusvika kuna Merneferre Ay munenge muna 1700 BC, mambo wekupedzisira wedzinza iri kuti apupurirwe muUpper neLower Egypt. Munguva yoUmambo Hwepakati, Osiris akava mwari anokosha zvikurusa murudzidziso rwakakurumbira. Umambo Hwepakati hwakateverwa ne
Nguva yechipiri yepakati peEgipita, imwe nguva yekuparadzaniswa kwaisanganisira kupindirwa kwenyika nevatorwa veHyksos vekuWest Asia.