Abstract
By focusing on the development of the administration and its changes and turning points during the Old Kingdom period, this contribution proposes a dynamic model of bureaucratic evolution at that time, punctuated by several ground-breaking changes which can be viewed ad adaptations to social dynamics. Endeavouring to find a way and method of visualizing this major observation, we focus on the stratified vizierate titular, since it was directly related to the society's development and reflected all major shifts and modifications.
The Hidden Markov Model Method has been adjusted in a way that enables its robust application to a limited volume of input data. As a consequence, its results make it possible to quantify the development of the administration structure in Ancient Egypt.
The numerical results are interpreted and compared to the state-of-art knowledge in Egyptology. In particular, several landmarks matching the perspective of the "punctuated equilibrium" theory are discussed.