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    Khakaure Senusret III (also written as Senwosret III or the hellenised form, Sesostris III) was a pharaoh of Egypt. He ruled from 1878 BC to 1839 BC during...
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    of Sesostris are probably based on the life of Senusret I, Senusret III and perhaps other Pharaohs such as Shoshenq I and Ramesses II. Sesostris' name...
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    Senusret III also formed the basis for the legendary character Sesostris described by Manetho and Herodotus. As a consequence of Senusret III's administrative...
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    the son of a woman from Elephantine called Nofret and a priest called Sesostris (‘The man of the Great Goddess’).",Grimal, Nicolas (1994). A History of...
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    ordered the canal at the first cataract—which had been built under Sesostris III of the 12th Dynasty—to be dredged in order to facilitate easier travel...
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    Tuthmosis III (center) running towards Hathor (right) offering her a lapwing Temple of Semna: A New Kingdom graving shows an effigy of Sesostris III on a bark...
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    fortresses are represented in the seals of the great granary of King Sesostris III. The suggested existence of a dual and shared viziership in Egypt in...
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    against them. Senusret III left a lasting legacy as a warrior pharaoh. His name was Hellenized by later Greek historians as Sesostris, a name which was then...
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    Itakayt a sister of Senusret III. Dieter Arnold, Adela Oppenhaim, Isabel Stünkel: Le complexe pyramidial des Sésostris III à Dahchour, in: Fleur Morfoisse...
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    decan list below the body of Nut point to the 12th Dynasty, the time of Sesostris III. There are two different decan lists that cannot be reconciled, so one...
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    Senusret I (redirect from Sesostris I)
    I (Middle Egyptian: z-n-wsrt; /suʀ nij ˈwas.ɾiʔ/) also anglicized as Sesostris I and Senwosret I, was the second pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt...
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  • Sesostris is a 1728 tragedy by the British writer John Sturmy. It is based on the life of the Ancient Egyptian ruler Sesostris. The original Lincoln's...
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    Sesoosis, is a legendary figure who combines the features of Sesostris I, Sesostris III and Ramesses II. The fourth is Bakenranef, a Saite pharaoh of...
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    the statues of the pharaohs Amenemhat III, Ramses II, Thutmose III and Akhenaten, the sphinx of Sesostris III and of Amenhotep II, the sarcophagus lid...
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    Senusret II (redirect from Sesostris II)
    von Beckerath, the temple documents of El-Lahun, the pyramid city of Sesostris/Senusret II often mention the Festival of "Going Forth to Heaven" which...
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    the Nubian prince Djehuti-hotep at Debeira The temples of Dedwen and Sesostris III at Semna The granite columns from the Faras Cathedral A part of the...
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  • Decisions of World War II Warrior's Words: A Quotation Book - From Sesostris III to Schwarzkopf, 1871 B.C.-1991 A.D. "Peter G. Tsouras - Authors". Random...
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    Lake Nubia. The fort, about 351 kilometers south of Aswan was built by Sesostris III. It measured 77 × 87 meters. The protective wall had a thickness of...
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    accession to the throne, Amenemhet III reigned together with his father Sesostris III for around twenty years. Amenemhet III can be seen on the granite block...
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    were integral parts of the Egyptian empire. The temples of Dedwen and Sesostris III were moved to the National Museum of Sudan in Khartoum prior to the...
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  • inscriptions of Ayn Soukhna 2003, The Cooking of the Pharaohs 2005, Sesostris III and the end of the XII th Dynasty 2006, At the table of the Pharaohs...
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    Meretseger (queen) (category Senusret III)
    Meretseger appears in sources of the New Kingdom of Egypt as the wife of Senusret III. According to that she would be the first Egyptian queen consort to bear...
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  • he reduced the power of the nomarchs. Also referred to as Sesostris III and Senwosret III. Senusret IV Pharaoh 13th, 16th or 17th dynasty fl. c. late-17th...
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    as in the case of the plot against Ramesses III – the identity of the plotters and the name of Sesostris' rival brother will never be known. However,...
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    the temple of Hathor. During the Middle Kingdom , the pharaohs Sesostris I , Sesostris III AND Amenemhat I showed great interest in the holy city of Abydos...
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    ancient Egypt in Nubia. Along with Semna, Kumma was built by the Pharaoh Sesostris III (1878 BC – 1839 BC). The forts protected the border between ancient...
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    to Senusret III (1878–1839 BCE) of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. The legendary Sesostris (likely either Pharaoh Senusret II or Senusret III of the Twelfth...
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  • Neferthenut (category Senusret III)
    of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. She was most likely the wife of Senusret III. Neferthenut was king’s wife, member of the elite (iryt-pat) and she who...
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    Memnon; he disagrees, having previously stated that he believes it to be Sesostris. One of the statues was on the road from Smyrna to Sardis. Herodotus described...
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    Canal of the Pharaohs (category Senusret III)
    that perhaps as early as the 12th Dynasty, Pharaoh Senusret III (1878–1839 BC), called Sesostris by the Greeks, may have started a canal joining the River...
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