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Every Egyptian Ever

Ages 5–12

Pharaoh

Cartoon of a king in a striped nemes and broad collar

Amenemhat III

He built in the Fayum, including a temple later called a maze.

Years
About 1860–1814 BCE
We are not sure of the exact year.
Time
Middle Kingdom. Middle Kingdom.
Where they ruled or lived
Fayum

We are not sure: Only pieces of that maze remain, so some details come from later writers.

Three facts

  1. 1He worked on canals and fields in the Fayum.
  2. 2He built a pyramid at Hawara.
  3. 3Later Greek visitors wrote about a maze-like temple.

More to know

The Fayum is lake country west of the Nile. Water projects helped crops.

Places: Fayum.

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