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Nebtawyre Mentuhotep IV was the last 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).

Nebtawyre Mentuhotep IV is known from a few inscriptions in Wadi Hammamat that record expeditions to the Red Sea coast and to quarry Stone for the royal monuments. It seems that he was a son of his predecessor.

Despite being obscure (he is absent from the official King lists in Abydos), the inscriptions show the organization and makeup of a large expedition. The leader of an expedition to Wadi Hammamat, during the second year of Mentuhotep IV’s reign,was his vizier, Amenemhat, who is assumed to be the future King Amenemhet I, the first King of the 12th Dynasty, and Mentuhotep's immediate successor. It is assumed by some Egyptologists that Amenemhet either usurped the throne or assumed powerafter Mentuhotep IV died childless. There is currently no archaeological or textual evidence to prove that Mentuhotep was deposed by his Vizier or that he chose Amenemhet to be his designated successor. Mummy or the burial place have not beenfound.