Hieroglyphic name:
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| Hieroglyphic name of Montuhotep III |
Montuhotep III name: Sankhkare or Montuhotep III or Mentuhotep III.
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| Statue of Mentuhotep III |
He reigned from 2010 B.C.E. until his dying. Montuhotep III was the son of Montuhotep II and Queen Tem (2) or perhaps Neferu (1). He rose the throne at an full age, and he is shown on the
Abydos and
Saqqara Ruler Lists and in the
Turin Canon. A practiced of his fathers military campaigns, Montuhotep III rebuilt fortresses in the eastern Delta and sent an excursion to Punt. He also had swells dug along outing paths and reopened the quarries at Wadi Hammamat. His mortuary temple was established at Deir El-bahri, on the western shore at Thebes, but it was not good. Montuhotep also put up a temple to the god Thoth on a hill steep
the Nile. The letters of an standard named Hekanakhte, a mortuary priest in Thebes, provided substantial information about Montuhotep III's dominate. The heir, Montuhotep IV, was born to Queen Imi. Another run was Queen Amunet.
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