Amenemhat was a

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n official under

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and

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. He was ''chief of Teh-khet'' and was therefore a governor ruling a region in

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for the Egyptian state. In the

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, Egyptian kings had conquered Lower Nubia. To secure control over the new region they appointed people of the local elite as governors. Teh-khet was a Nubian region that covered the area about

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and Serra. The local governors here formed a family, while the governor proper held the title ''chief of Teh-khet''. Amenemhat is known from several monuments. A statue found at

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indicates that he started his career as a simple ''scribe'' under king

Thutmosis I Thutmose I (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis I, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; meaning " Thoth is born") was the third pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He received the throne after the death of the previous kin ...

before he followed his brother in office. He was probably appointed during the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III. Amenemhat was the son of the ''chief of Teh-khet''

Ruiu Ruiu was a Nubian official at the beginning of the 18th Dynasty. He was ''chief of Teh-khet'' and was, therefore, a governor ruling a region in Lower Nubia for the Egyptian state. In the New Kingdom, Egyptian kings had conquered Lower Nubia. To sec ...

, while his brother Djehutyhotep followed Ruiu in office and was followed then by Amenemhat himself. Amenemhat's tomb was discovered on the West Bank of the Nile in the

district.Carolin Johansson, ''Digital Reconstruction of the Archaeological Landscape in the Concession Area of the Scandinavian Joint Expedition to Sudanese Nubia (1961–1964)'', Degree project in Egyptology/Examensarbete i Egyptologi, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, Feb 2014, p 27, Retrieved from Academia.com The tomb's superstructure included a mud brick-built structure with a pyramid in the middle. Within the pyramid there was an offering chapel. In front of the pyramid was a courtyard. In the underground burial chambers were found different objects, including coffins and

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s. The latter bear the name Paitsy, which is the second name of Djehutyhotep; the brother of Amenememhat. Djehutyhotep might have been buried here.

Torgny Säve-Söderbergh Torgny Säve-Söderbergh (born 29 June 1914 in Lund; died 21 May 1998 in Uppsala) was a Swedish writer, translator, and professor of Egyptology at Uppsala University from 1950 to 1980. He was the younger brother of paleontologist Gunnar Säve-S� ...

: ''New Kingdom Pharaonic Sites, The Finds and the Sites'', The Scandinavian Joint Expedition to Sudaneses Nubia, Volume 5:2, Uppsala 1991, {{ISBN, 9170810303, pp. 182-190

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Nubian people Officials of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt