Semna (Nubia)
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The region of Semna is 15 miles south of Wadi Halfa and is situated where rocks cross the Nile narrowing its flow—the Semna Cataract.
Perspective view of a reconstruction of the Semna West Fort
Semna & Kumma forts view from west
Counterweight for a necklace with three images of Hathor, Semna (1390-1352 BC). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Semna stela dated to Senusret III's year 16
Amenemhat III
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Amenemhat III, also known as Amenemhet III, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the sixth king of the Twelfth Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom. He was elevated to throne as co-regent by his father Senusret III, with whom he shared the throne as the active king for twenty years. During his reign, Egypt attained its cultural and economic zenith of the Middle Kingdom.
Pectoral of Amenemhat III from the tomb of Mereret at Dahshur, one of his sisters
Amenemhat III as a recumbent sphinx, one of the so-called "Hyksos sphinxes"
One of the naos from the funerary temple of Amenemhat III at Hawara, now located in the Egyptian Museum at Cairo. The left figure, flexing his arm across his chest in order to bring a sign "ankh" (life) to the face of his partner, is Amenemhat III. The king on the right is his son and sucessor, Amenemhat IV.