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Mentuhotep II (Nebhepetre)

c. 2061 – 2010 BCE (reign; other chronologies c. 2009 – 1959 BCE)

Egypt (Thebes)

Theban king of the 11th Dynasty who defeated the rival Herakleopolitan rulers, reunified Egypt and began the Middle Kingdom; he built a terraced mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri.

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Painted limestone relief of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II and the goddess Hathor from Deir el-Bahri, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (07.230.2), Open Access. License: Public domain (CC0).

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Sources

  1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Statue of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II in the Jubilee Garment" (Primary source)
  2. Joshua J. Mark, World History Encyclopedia, "Middle Kingdom of Egypt" (Reference)
  3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Mentuhotep II" (Reference)

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