- See Amenemhat, for other individuals with this name.
Amenemhat III, also spelled
Amenemhet III was a
pharaoh of the
Twelfth Dynasty of
Egypt. He ruled from c.1860 BCE to c.1814 BCE, the highest known date being found in a
papyrus dated to
Regnal Year 46, I Akhet 22 of his rule. His reign is regarded as the golden age of the
Middle Kingdom. He may have had a long
coregency (of 20 years) with his father,
Senusret III.