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Amenemhat III (Ancient Egyptian: Ỉmn-m-hꜣt meaning 'Amun is at the forefront'), also known as Amenemhet III, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the sixth king of the Twelfth Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom. He was elevated to throne as co-regent by his father Senusret III, with whom he shared the throne as the active king for twenty years ...
The Pedestals of Biahmu (also spelled Biyahmū) [1] are the basal remnants of two colossal statues erected by the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat III. The ruins, which once stood on the shore of Lake Moeris, are located in the village of Biahmu, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the city Faiyum. The actual statues were long ago destroyed and only ...
The household includes a son of the lector-priest, and the papyrus records the birth of this son during a 40th regnal year of an unnamed king, "which can only refer to Amenemhat III." [5] This establishes that Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep reigned close in time to Amenemhat III, with the son still part of the household of the lector-priest.
An alternative view dates most of the inscriptions to the reign of Amenemhat III or his successor circa 1800 BC. [29] It has been suggested that the dating period includes the reign of pharaoh Senwosret III. [30] Four inscriptions have been found in the temple, on two small human statues and on either side of a small stone sphinx. They are ...
Amenemhat I (or Amenemhet I) (reigned c. 1991 BC – c. 1962 BC), the first ruler of the 12th dynasty; Amenemhat II (or Amenemhet II) (reigned c. 1929 BC – c. 1895 BC), the third pharaoh of the 12th dynasty; Amenemhat III (or Amenemhet III) (reigned c. 1860 BC – c. 1814 BC), pharaoh during the 12th dynasty
This type of writing was only used from the reign of Amenemhat III (late Twelfth Dynasty) onward into the Thirteenth Dynasty at the end of the Middle Kingdom. The key tomb for incomplete hieroglyphs is the tomb of king Awibre Hor in the 13th dynasty, buried next to the Pyramid of Amenemhat III. [4]
Articles relating to Amenemhat III (19th century BC) and his reign. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C. Children of Amenemhat III (5 P)
The chronology of the Twelfth Dynasty is the most stable of any period before the New Kingdom.The Turin Royal Canon gives 213 years (1991–1778 BC). Manetho stated that it was based in Thebes, but from contemporary records it is clear that the first king of this dynasty, Amenemhat I, moved its capital to a new city named "Amenemhat-itj-tawy" ("Amenemhat the Seizer of the Two Lands"), more ...