Amenemhatankh was an ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...

ian prince of the 12th dynasty

Twelfth dynasty of Egypt

The twelfth dynasty of ancient Egypt is often combined with Dynasties XI, XIII and XIV under the group title Middle Kingdom.-Rulers:Known rulers of the twelfth dynasty are as follows :...

, a son of Amenemhat II

Amenemhat II

Nubkhaure Amenemhat II was the third pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Not much is known about his reign. He ruled Egypt for 35 years from 1929 BC to 1895 BC and was the son of Senusret I through the latter's chief wife, Queen Nefru. His queen is not known; although recently a...

. He is mentioned on a false door which was originally in his tomb but was found reused in the tomb of Khenemet and Siese in Dahshur

Dahshur

Dahshur , is a royal necropolis located in the desert on the west bank of the Nile approximately 40 kilometres south of Cairo...

. He is also mentioned on a statue base of his (on which his appointing of a priest called Tetiemsaf is recorded) which was found in Sakkara and is now located in Cairo. His name also appears on a statue of Horemsaf (from Sakkara); on a statue base found in the Precinct of Mut

Precinct of Mut

The Precinct of Mut, located near Luxor, Egypt, is one of the four main temple enclosures that make up the immense Karnak Temple Complex and occupies some 150,000 m². It is dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Mut, the mother goddess. The area in which the precinct is located, originally was known as...

 in the Karnak temple (now located in Cairo) and in the tomb inscriptions of the vizier Khnumhotep

Khnumhotep III

Khnumhotep was an Ancient Egyptian vizier of the Twelfth Dynasty.Khnumhotep was the son of the local governor Khnumhotep II, known from his tomb at Beni Hasan . Khnumhotep was promoted as a young man, under Senusret II to the royal court and was sent on several missions, one of them to the Red...

in Tomb 2 of Dahshur.