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3 unusual facts about Amenemhat III


Amenemhat III

The mortuary temple attached to the Hawara pyramid and may have been known to Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus as the "Labyrinth".

Medinet Maadi

Medinet Maadi is a site in the southwestern Faiyum region of Egypt where a temple of the cobra-goddess Renenutet (a harvest deity) was founded during the reigns of Amenemhat III and Amenemhat IV (1855–1799 BC).

Pyramid of Ameny Qemau

The burial chamber comprised from a single colossal block of quartzite similar to those of Amenemhat III and Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep, with receptacles for the sarcophagus and the canopic jars hewn out of the interior of the block.



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