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Amenemhat III was a pharaoh of Egypt in the 12th dynasty, second of four dynasties in the Middle Kingdom period. He is regarded as the greatest monarch of the Middle Kingdom and may have had a Long coregency (of 20 years) with his father,Senusret III. ToWards the end of his reign he instituted a coregency with his successor Amenemhet IV, as recorded in a now damaged rock inscription at Konosso in Nubia. His daughter, Sobekneferu, later succeeded Amenemhat IV, as the last ruler of the 12thDynasty. He built his first pyramid at Dahshur (the so-called "Black Pyramid") but there were construction problems and this was abandoned. Around Year 15 of his reign the king decided to build a new pyramid at Hawara. The pyramid at Dahshur was used asa burial ground for several royal women. His mortuary Temple at Hawara (near the Fayum), is accompanied by a pyramid and was known to Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus as the "Labyrinth". Strabo praised it as a wonder of the world. The king's pyramid at Hawara contained some of the mostcomplex security features of any found in Egypt and is perhaps the only one to come close to the sort of tricks HollyWood associates with such structures. Nevertheless, the king's burial was robbed in antiquity. His daughter, Neferuptah, wasburied in a separate pyramid (discovered in 1956) 2 km southwest of the king's. Other names: |
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