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Sobekneferu or Neferusobek (Ancient Egyptian: Sbk-nfrw meaning 'Beauty of Sobek') was the first confirmed queen regnant (or 'female king') of ancient Egypt and the last pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom.
The "Queen's section" was broken into by robbers and looted. There are four other burial chambers in the subterranean structure; to whom they belong, however, is unknown. Two are thought to belong to King Amenemhet IV and queen Sobekneferu. As the pyramid sank, it began to crush the chambers located beneath it.
The latter date refers to the reign of either Amenemhat IV or Sobekneferu. [138] There is one other hieratic text and also a limestone table on which Ahy-seneb Ankh-ren is attested. [136] The other brother, Ahy-seneb Wah (Wꜣḥ), was a wab-priest and 'superintendent of priestly orders of Sepdu, lord of the East'. [133] [139]
The chronology of the Twelfth Dynasty is the most stable of any period before the New Kingdom.The Turin Royal Canon gives 213 years (1991–1778 BC). Manetho stated that it was based in Thebes, but from contemporary records it is clear that the first king of this dynasty, Amenemhat I, moved its capital to a new city named "Amenemhat-itj-tawy" ("Amenemhat the Seizer of the Two Lands"), more ...
Queen Elizabeth I's grandfather, King Henry VII, is Queen Elizabeth II's 12-times great-grandfather, connecting them through the broader royal lineage. Universal History Archive/Getty Queen ...
The Funerary apron of Neferuptah. An exquisite pectoral of Neferuptah. Neferuptah is one of the first royal women whose name was written inside a cartouche.Although she never had the title 'king's wife', she must have had a special status; it is possible she was regarded as a future ruler.
The Statue of Sobekneferu was a sculpture of the ancient Egyptian queen Sobekneferu (about 1800 BC), who reigned during the 12th Dynasty. This bust is the first known statue of the queen with her face preserved. There are several statues known belonging to this ruling queen, however, all others are headless.
This queen is only known from one stele which states that she was a "king's wife" and was the mother of "king's daughter" Hatshepsut. However, it is unknown which king she was married to. [ 95 ] In 2017, a pyramid was discovered containing a canopic box naming "king's daughter" Hatshepsut and a stone slab with the name of king Ameny Qemau . [ 96 ]