Amenemhat I (Part I) and Neferty's Prophecy.
Amenemhat I, the new ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt, must secure his legitimacy. After his predecessor died without heir, Amenemhat has seized power in a short conflict with two rivals.
To assert his claim to power, he commissions an audacious work of propaganda: The Prophecy of Neferty.
Neferty - a fictional sage of the Fourth Dynasty - prophesieses that Egypt will fall to wrack and ruin. Chaos will reign until a saviour emerges, born in Upper Egypt. His name? Yep, Amenemhat (or "Ameny").
Amenemhat's servant, Khnumhotep I, takes over governorship of Beni Hassan. Here he establishes a local ruling dynasty that will last for many years...
A seated statue of Amenemhat I.
A wall painting from the tomb of Khnumhotep II, son of Khnumhotep I. Beni Hassan, Middle Egypt.
Bibliography
Wolfram Grajetzki. Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. 2009.