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Sankhkare Mentuhotep III was the second pharaoh of Egypt in the 11th dynasty (All Egypt) (2134-1991 BC), first of two dynasties in the Middle Kingdom Period (last dynasty of the First Intermediate Period according to others).

Mentuhotep III was the son and successor of Mentuhotep II. One of the wives of Mentuhotep II, Tem, was given the title Mother of the Dual King and based on that title she is almost certainly the mother of Mentuhotep III. Pharaoh Mentuhotep III'sfamily is a mystery and it's not known if his successor Mentuhotep IV was a son of his or not. Mentuhotep IV's mother is known to have been Queen Imi. If he was the son of Mentuhotep III, Imi must have been the wife of Mentuhotep III.

Sankhkare Mentuhotep had a mud-brick Temple erected at Thoth Hill in Western Thebes. The Temple was built on the site of an older archaic Temple and was dedicated to the god Horus. This Temple may have been destroyed by an earthquake toWards theend of the 11th dynasty.

Sankhkare Mentuhotep was responsible for several building projects in the 12 years of his reign. His own mortuary Temple was begun in Deir el-Bahari, but never completed. The Temple was located a short distance from his father's mortuary Temple.A causeway would have led up to a Temple platform. Inscriptions show that the king was buried in a chamber cut into the rock-face.