Amenemhat III

Amenemhat III

Amenemhat III (h . 1860 BC . . -1814 BC . M . ) Was the sixth pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty . Ruled from 1860 BC . AD . Until 1814 BC . . , Considered the greatest pharaoh of the Middle Kingdom . Perhaps he had participated in the government with his father , third Sizostris , a 20-year before his accession referee .
Built the first pyramid in Dahshur , ( called the Black Pyramid ) , and that young man to create structural problems called to leave the project before its completion . And about the fifteenth year of his reign as king , he decided to build a new pyramid at Hawara . Use the Dahshur pyramid burial place for many of the ladies properties .
Mortuary temple at Hawara ( near Fayoum ) , which is accompanied by a pyramid , known both Herodotus and Diodorus Sakyulos the labyrinthine Palace or to Abernt the Labyrinth. Strabo described as a wonder of wonders Aldnyaoqal where Herodotus : {{ he beyond description, consists of 12 floors , and 3 thousand rooms , half underground and half above, and superior rooms beyond what directed human effects , since the ceiling all built of stone , surrounded by all floor columns made of white stones .... } . King in Hawara pyramid included some think the security precautions that were found in Egypt , perhaps only by approaching comparing Hollywood tricks such installations . Although it has been stolen Amenemhat III Cemetery in ancient times. Daughter Navarro - Petah buried in a separate pyramid ( found in 1956), 2 km south-west of the pyramid of Pharaoh , also began at the ancient Castle of obesity scale work on the River Nile at the Second Cataract (nilometer) , which was estimated on the basis of taxes.

The exploitation of low- Fayoum

Amenemhat III held a dam Agon by taking advantage of the high ground in front of low Fayoum built upon the famous Dam Agon .
Papyrus Cadiz believed it was written during the reign of Amenemhat III . He enjoyed sentence for a period ranging between 45 and 47 years old full despite the fact that the earliest date has come from the Papyrus of years and forty - sixth rule , 1 sister 22 of his reign . Later Subscribe Amenemhat him in the government of his successor Amenemhet IV by carving Rocky ( crusher ) in Konosso in Nubia , which is equal to the first year of the reign of Amenemhet IV with the year 46 or 47 or 48 of the reign of Amenemhat III . Sobek Navarro daughter later gave birth to Amenemhet IV as the last governor in the Twelfth Dynasty . The royal name of Amenemhat III was : " Ni - Maat - Re " , which means : " Ra Maat " .

Other names :
Omnms
I practice , Omireyas ( by Manito ) .
Meuras
A Bao ( name Alihursa )
Preceded by :
Pharaoh Senusret III
Family 12
1860 BC . AD . - 1814 BC . AD . Right :
Amenemhet IV