Senusret I (Kheperkare)
Senusret I (Kehperkare) was the second king of the Twelfth Dynasty. He began his reign as co-regent with his father, Amenemhat I, in the twentieth year of his father’s reign. While campaigning in Libya, news reached the young co-regent that his father was dead, making Senusret I king (http://ib205.tripod.com). How Amenemhat I died is a mystery, though it appears from a text dating to the end of his reign that he was murdered (http://ib205.tripod.com/instruction.html).
Senusret I was a prolific builder, turning to stone many of the wooden temples of his forefathers. He built extensively at the temple of Re-Atum in Heliopolois and erected two red granite obelisks there, one of which is still present at the site. He also built in Fayoum, Lisht, Memphis, and Thebes (http://euler.slu.edu). The White Chapel in Thebes is, perhaps, one of his most famous buildings. Made of white alabaster, it sports some of the most detailed carvings (www.touregypt.net).
He attempted to resolve the differences between Egypt, the Syrians and Nubians, though he did send one more campaign to Nubia, trying to gain control over the gold, copper, diorite, granite and amethyst trade in that region (ib205.tripod.com).
As his reign drew to a close, he, like his father, named his son, Amenemhat II as co-regent. Senusret I was buried in a pyramid in Lisht (ib205.tripod.com).
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