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[[File:Amenemhet_IV.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Sphinx made of gneiss which has Amenemhet IV inscribed on the side. The face was reworked during Roman times | [[File:Amenemhet_IV.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Sphinx made of [[gneiss]], which has Amenemhet IV inscribed on the side. The face was reworked during Roman times leaving its features uncertain.]] | ||
'''Amenemhet III''' was a [[pharaoh]] of [[Egypt]] who served as a junior co-regent under Amenemhet III. According to the Turin Canon papyrus, the full term of his reign is said to have been just over 9 years.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenemhat_IV Amenemhat IV]</ref> His ancestry to his precedessor is enigmatic, and there are no records of [[Amenemhet III]] having any sons. Furthermore, he mysteriously disappeared before the death of Amenemhet III, resulting in [[Sobekneferu]] (one of Amenemhet III's daughters) ascending to the throne and becoming Egypt's first female ruler.<ref name=JOC>[http://creation.com/searching-for-moses Searching for Moses] by David Down. Journal of Creation 15(1):53–57. April 2001</ref> | '''Amenemhet III''' was a [[pharaoh]] of [[Egypt]] who served as a junior co-regent under Amenemhet III. According to the Turin Canon papyrus, the full term of his reign is said to have been just over 9 years.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenemhat_IV Amenemhat IV]</ref> His ancestry to his precedessor is enigmatic, and there are no records of [[Amenemhet III]] having any sons. Furthermore, he mysteriously disappeared before the death of Amenemhet III, resulting in [[Sobekneferu]] (one of Amenemhet III's daughters) ascending to the throne and becoming Egypt's first female ruler.<ref name=JOC>[http://creation.com/searching-for-moses Searching for Moses] by David Down. Journal of Creation 15(1):53–57. April 2001</ref> | ||
== Biblical synchrony == | == Biblical synchrony == | ||
Some believe that Amenemhet IV should be identified as the Moses of the Biblical Exodus.<ref name=Ashton92>Ashton, John F., and Down, David. ''[[Unwrapping the Pharaohs: How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms the Biblical Timeline]]'' p.92, Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2006.</ref> [[Sobekneferu]] is often listed as Amenemhet IVs sister and also his wife, and it may have been her who found Moses in the Nile River. It is known that she had no children, which may explain Amenemhet III was willing to accept his as heir to the throne. But when Moses came of age and identified himself with the people of [[Israel]] and was forced to flee from Egypt leaving way for Sobekneferu to take the thrown. When she died the dynasty died and was succeeded by the 13th dynasty.<ref name=JOC /> | Some believe that Amenemhet IV should be identified as the [[Moses]] of the Biblical Exodus.<ref name=Ashton92>Ashton, John F., and Down, David. ''[[Unwrapping the Pharaohs: How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms the Biblical Timeline]]'' p.92, Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2006.</ref> [[Sobekneferu]] is often listed as Amenemhet IVs sister and also his wife, and it may have been her who found Moses in the Nile River. It is known that she had no children, which may explain Amenemhet III was willing to accept his as heir to the throne. But when Moses came of age and identified himself with the people of [[Israel]] and was forced to flee from Egypt leaving way for Sobekneferu to take the thrown. When she died the dynasty died and was succeeded by the 13th dynasty.<ref name=JOC /> | ||
== References == | == References == |