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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:
Ammenemes
Lamares, Ameres (According to Manetho)
Moeris

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:
Ammenemes
Lamares, Ameres (According to Manetho)
Moeris

Aat was buried under her husband's Dahshur pyramid along with another queen whose name is lost. Her burial chamber is under the south side of the pyramid. The box with the Canopic jars was put in a niche above the entrance.

Although the tomb has been robbed in antiquity, archaeologists found her sarcophagus, a false door and an offering table along with a few pieces of burial equipment, such as seven alabaster bowls in the form of ducks, two mace heads, pieces ofjewelry and one of the canopic jars. Among the burial items of the other queen buried in the adjoining chamber, were obsidian and alabaster bowls, granite and alabaster mace heads and some jewels, along with the pieces of a small Stone shrine.Aat was about 35 years old at her death, the other queen was about 25. Their bones were found.

Khenemetneferhedjet III was an Egyptian queen. She was the wife of the 12th dynasty ruler Amenemhet III and was buried in his pyramid at Dahshur. She was buried in a decorated but uninscribed sarcophagus. Her burial was found looted and only fewremains were found.