Amenemhat IV (1799-1787)

 Hieroglyphic name:
Hieroglyphic name of Amenemhet IV
Amenemhat IV name: Amenemhat or Amenemhet

Statue of Amenemhet IV
Amenemhat IV prevailed from 1799 B.C.E. until his dying. The son of Amenemhat III and  probably  Queen  Aat,  he  served  as coregent with his father for two years and kept the familys projects in the Faiyum, the lush area in middle Egypt. He is considered to have raised the temple of Qasr El-saghah, just north of Lake Qarun. He also completed Amenemhat III's temple at Medinet Maadi, and he sent an expedition  to  the  Sinai and  defended  Trade pacts. Sobekneferu, the sister of King Amenemhat IV, whom he had married, assumed the throne when he died afterwards a brief reign. Sobekneferu  thus  got  a  woman  pharaoh,  the only  woman  taking  that  title  in  the  Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 B.C.E.). The two pyramids at Mazghuna, in the  southeastern  part  of  Dashur, are  imputed  to  this  royal couple, the last swayer of the Twelfth Dynasty, getting to an end this royal line and an full historical period.


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