Amenemhet II

Amenemhet II

▪ king of Egypt
also called  Amenemmes II 

      king of ancient Egypt (Egypt, ancient) (reigned 1876–42 BCE), grandson of Amenemhet I (founder of the 12th dynasty (Egypt, ancient) [1938–c. 1756 BCE]). He furthered Egypt's trade relations and internal development.

      While he was coregent with his father, Sesostris I, Amenemhet led a gold-mining expedition to Nubia. Later, during his own reign, more expeditions went to Nubia and Sinai (Sinai Peninsula) for gold and copper; a new mine shaft was opened in Sinai; and a trade venture was made to Punt (probably located on the African coast south of modern Ethiopia). Statues of Amenemhet have been found at several Syrian cities, and treasure of his reign discovered in a temple at Ṭawd, a town in Upper Egypt, contains gold and silver vessels of Cretan origin as well as cylinder seals (cylinder seal) from Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia, history of), verifying foreign contacts. Within Egypt the provincial governors continued to play key administrative roles, and fine tombs were provided for them near their hometowns. Amenemhet's pyramid tomb, built at Dahshūr, south of Memphis, was patterned after his father's, with a fine limestone casing built over mud-brick retaining walls and a rubble core. Near it was found the jewelry belonging to a daughter of Amenemhet, revealing the artistic heights of his reign.

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