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Montuhotep III (2010-1998)

Hieroglyphic name: 
Hieroglyphic name of Montuhotep III


Montuhotep III name: Sankhkare or Montuhotep III or Mentuhotep III.

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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