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Encyclopedia > Mentuhotep IV
Mentuhotep IV
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Nebtawyre Mentuhotep IV was the last king of the 11th Dynasty. He seems to fit into a 7 year period for which there is no recorded king, and is known from a few inscriptions in Wadi Hammamat recording expeditions to the Red Sea coast and to fetch stone for royal monuments. Hieroglyphs are a system of writing used by the Ancient Egyptians, using a combination of logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic elements. ... copied from http://fi. ... copied from http://fi. ... copied from http://fi. ... copied from http://fi. ... Conshelf II in the Red Sea (Sudan) Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea (Arabic البحر الأحمر Baḥr al-Aḥmar, al-Baḥru l-’Aḥmar; Hebrew ים סוף Yam Suf; Tigrigna ቀይሕ ባሕሪ QeyH baHri) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ...


Despite being obscure (he is lacking in the official king lists in Abydos), the inscriptions show the organization and makeup of a large expedition. The leader of the expedition was his vizier Amenemhat, who is widely assumed to have usurped the throne and rules as the first king of the 12th Dynasty, Amenemhat I. Abydos was the name of two ancient cities: Abydos, Egypt Abydos, Hellespont The name Abydos was used by the science-fiction film Stargate, and subsequently the television series Stargate SG-1, as the name of a planet. ... A Vizier (وزير, sometimes also spelled Wazir) is an Arabic term for a high-ranking religious and political advisor, often to a king or sultan. ... The chronology of the Twelfth dynasty is the most stable of any period before the New Kingdom. ... nomen or birth name First ruler of the twelth dynasty (the dynasty debated to be the beginning of the middle kingdom of Egpyt). ...

Preceded by:
Mentuhotep III		 Pharaoh of Egypt
Eleventh dynasty		 Succeeded by:
Amenemhat I

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Middle Kingdom Begins - Dynasty 11 (1177 words)
Mentuhotep II was responsible for the reunification of Egypt.
Mentuhotep III was the son and successor of Mentuhotep II.
Either Mentuhotep IV was considered as an usurper, or the kings of the 12th Dynasty decided to re-write history to justify their claims to the throne.
Egyptian Pharaohs : Middle Kingdom : Dynasty 11 : Montuhotep III (436 words)
Mentuhotep IV is credited with founding the city of Kuser on the shore of the Red Sea as a harbor for shipbuilding -- all in preparation for his journeys to Punt.
The fact that Mentuhotep IV is missing from some king lists and that his vizier came to the throne as Amenemhet I leads to the idea that his vizier may have usurped the throne.
This means, possibly, that Mentuhotep was considered illegitimate, or that the pharaohs of the 12th Dynasty decided to rewrite history to better support their claim to the throne.
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