Mentuhotep I
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| Era: Middle Kingdom (2055–1650 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mentuhotep I was a local Egyptian ruler at Thebes during the First Intermediate Period. He founded the Eleventh dynasty which eventually reunited Egypt under the Middle Kingdom. He is associated with Mentuhotep II. It is commonly thought that the two rulers were one and the same.