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The first 30 divisions come from the 3rd century BC Egyptian priest Manetho, whose Aegyptaiaca, was probably written for a Greek-speaking Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt but survives only in fragments and summaries. The names of the last two, the short-lived Persian-ruled 31st Dynasty and the longer-lasting Ptolemaic Dynasty, are later coinings.
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 ...
Along with the title pharaoh for later rulers, there was an Ancient Egyptian royal titulary used by Egyptian kings which remained relatively constant during the course of Ancient Egyptian history, initially featuring a Horus name, a Sedge and Bee (nswt-bjtj) name and a Two Ladies (nbtj) name, with the additional Golden Horus, nomen and prenomen ...
An Egyptian pharaoh foretold in the Prophecy of Neferti, generally thought to be a short form of Amenemhat I of the 12th dynasty; Amenemhat (BH2), Egyptian 12th-dynasty nomarch; Ameny (general), Egyptian 12th-dynasty general; Ameny (high steward), Egyptian 13th-dynasty high steward; Ameny (vizier under Amenemhat II), Egyptian 12th-dynasty vizier
A dynasty may be known by more than one name, either due to differences between its official and historiographical denominations, and/or due to the existence of multiple official and/or historiographical names. For example, the Amorian dynasty is also referred to as the "Phrygian dynasty". Due to variations in romanization, the name of a ...
Ameny was an ancient Egyptian official of the Twelfth Dynasty, most likely in office under king Amenemhat II. Ameny was a great overseer of the troops and is mainly known from a series of stelae (Paris, Louvre C 35, Cairo CG 20546, London, British Museum 162 [1] once set up at Abydos and there adorning a chapel. On these stelae, he bears the ...
As with most ancient Egyptian royal dynasties, the family tree for the Twelfth Dynasty is complex and unclear. Senusret: Neferet: Amenemhat I: Neferitatjenen: Senusret I:
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