15 Facts About Neferhotep I

Khasekhemre Neferhotep I was an Egyptian pharaoh of the mid Thirteenth Dynasty ruling in the second half of the 18th century BC during a time referred to as the late Middle Kingdom or early Second Intermediate Period, depending on the scholar.

Neferhotep I was likely contemporaneous with kings Zimri-Lim of Mari and Hammurabi of Babylon.

Towards the end of his reign, Neferhotep I shared the throne with his brother Sihathor, a coregency that lasted a few months to a year.

Neferhotep I seems to have come from a non-royal family of Thebes with a military background.

Inscriptions from Aswan indicate that Neferhotep I had at least two children, named Haankhef and Kemi like his parents, with a woman called Senebsen.

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In spite of this, Neferhotep I named his brother Sihathor as coregent in the last months of his reign and when both Sihathor and Neferhotep I died around the same time, they were succeeded by another brother, Sobekhotep IV.

Similarly, Neferhotep I could well have been born in Thebes; even though the capital of Egypt during the 13th Dynasty was still Itjtawy in the north, near the modern village of el-Lisht.

Neferhotep I is known from a relatively high number of objects found over a large area, from Byblos to the north to the Egyptian fortresses of Buhen and Mirgissa in Lower Nubia to the south through all parts of Egypt, especially in the southern portion of Upper Egypt.

Neferhotep I was the successor of Sobekhotep III and predecessor of Sobekhotep IV.

Whether Neferhotep I usurped the throne at the expense of Sobekhotep III or inherited it, it's possible he acceded to power over a fragmented Egypt.

Examples of evidence for this point of view are the several attestations of Neferhotep I found northeast of Egypt, in the Levant, in particular the stela of the Governor of Byblos Yantinu and four scarab seals from Canaan, indicating that he retained enough power to maintain trade relations with this region.

Majesty of the Horus: Founder of the Two Lands, He of the Two Ladies: Revealing the Truth, Falcon of Gold: Lasting of Love, King of Upper and Lower Egypt Khasekhemre, Son of Ra Neferhotep I, born to the king's mother Kemi, granted life, stability, and dominion like Ra forever.

Older hypotheses concerning the location of Neferhotep I's tomb included that proposed by Nicolas Grimal, that Neferhotep I was buried in a pyramid at el-Lisht, close to that of Senusret I, an opinion shared by Michael Rice.

Neferhotep I's successor was his brother, Sobekhotep IV, who is perhaps the most important ruler of the 13th Dynasty.

Stela bearing Neferhotep I's name is of great importance to archaeologists and historians alike as it enables a concordance between the Egyptian and Near Eastern chronologies.