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Sobekneferu (sometimes written as Nefrusobek) was the Egyptian queen of the Twelfth dynasty who ruled without a king. Some scholars believe that she was the daughter of Pharaoh Amenemhat III; Manetho states that she was the sister of Amenemhat IV.
Amenemhat IV most likely died without male heir, so that his wife Sobekneferu assumed the rule over Egypt, but only reigned 3 years. She is not known from many monuments. Many of her statues have been preserved, and she seems to have built at the funerary complex of Amenemhat III at Hawara (known as the 'Labyrinth').
Her tomb has not yet been identified.
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