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Pectoral of Amenemhat III from the tomb of Mereret at Dahshur, one of his sisters. Amenemhat III was the son of Senusret III, his predecessor on the throne. [4] There is no explicit testimony to this filial relationship, however, the inference can be made from their co-regency. [35] The identity of his mother is unknown. [36]
Name of the pyramid of Amenemhat III on a funerary stele, Musée du Louvre. The pyramid was originally about 75 metres tall with a base 105 metres long and an incline of 57°. Typical for pyramids of the Middle Kingdom, the Black Pyramid, although encased in limestone, is made of mud brick and clay instead of stone. The ground-level structures ...
The pyramidion of Amenemhat III is the capstone that once crowned the Black Pyramid at Dashur, Egypt. Crafted around 1850 BC, towards the end of the 12th Dynasty during the Middle Kingdom , it remained mostly intact and is now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Amenemhat III was the last powerful ruler of the 12th Dynasty, and the pyramid he built at Hawara is believed to post-date the so-called "Black Pyramid" built by the same ruler at Dahshur. This is believed to have been Amenemhat's final resting place. At Hawara there was also the intact (pyramid) tomb of Neferuptah, daughter of Amenemhat III ...
The Theban Tomb TT82 is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor.It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian official Amenemhat, who was a counter of the grain of Amun and the steward of the vizier Useramen.
Shaft Tomb of Hor (no. 1) north of the Pyramid of Amenemhat III Plan of the tomb of king Hor. At Dahshur, the Shaft-tomb of Hor is located inside the Pyramid Complex of Amenemhat III, reusing and expanding a shaft-tomb originally made for a member of the royal court of Amenemhat III. Ten such shaft-tombs were located north of the pyramid, where ...
The Statue of Amenemhat III in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin (inv. no. 1121) was found in 1854 by Joseph Hekekyan (1807–1875) at Memphis in Egypt. [1] It was bought by the Egyptian Museum in 1855. The statue is one of the highlights of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin and one of the most important sculptures of Ancient Egypt in general. [2]
It is the only tomb at the site containing inscriptions, which date to the Middle Kingdom. With these inscriptions and the basalt head found during the excavation, Edgar dates the tomb to the reign of Amenemhat III. Four foundation deposits were found beneath the remains of two mudbrick walls found surrounding the tomb. Each contained a ...