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Neferhotep III

c. 17th century BCE · 17th century BCE

Neferhotep III was a king of the Theban Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, when the Hyksos ruled the north. He is one of the better-attested rulers of the dynasty: a stela from his reign boasts that he rescued Thebes in a time of hunger and war.

Neferhotep III
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Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Neferhotep III. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/neferhotep-iii
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