<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Second Dynasty</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>First Dynasty</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Early Dynastic</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>2nd Dynasty</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Dynasty, Second</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>IInd Dynasty</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the period in Egypt from about 2775 to 2650 BCE. Works of art include wall paintings, reliefs, sculpture, and pottery and reflect increasingly formal artistic conventions. Architecture is distinguished by the construction of rectangular mastabas erected to protect subterranean tombs and to assert the status of the deceased. ]]></note></mads>