Complex sentence: But the Twelfth Dynasty, high officials served the kings of a new family now ruling from the north in Lisht; these kings and their high officials preferred burial in a mastaba near the pyramids belonging to their masters.
Split into simpler sentences: But the Twelfth Dynasty high officials served the kings of a new family now ruling from the north in Lisht. These kings and their high officials preferred burial in a mastaba near the pyramids belonging to their masters.