▁and ▁to ▁quar ry ▁stone ▁for ▁the ▁royal ▁monuments . ▁The ▁leader ▁of ▁this ▁expedition ▁was ▁his ▁viz ier ▁A men em hat , ▁who ▁is ▁widely ▁assumed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁future ▁ph ara oh ▁A men em het ▁I , ▁the ▁first ▁king ▁of ▁the ▁Tw elf th ▁D ynast y . ▁ ▁M ent uh ote p ▁IV ' s ▁absence ▁from ▁the ▁king ▁lists ▁has ▁prompt ed ▁the ▁theory ▁that ▁A men em het ▁I ▁us ur ped ▁his ▁throne . ▁While ▁there ▁are ▁no ▁contemporary ▁accounts ▁of ▁this ▁struggle , ▁certain ▁circumst ant ial ▁evidence ▁may ▁point ▁to ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁a ▁civil ▁war ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁D ynast y . ▁In scri ptions ▁left ▁by ▁one ▁Ne h ry , ▁the ▁H aty - a ▁of ▁Herm opol is , ▁suggest ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁attacked ▁at ▁a ▁place ▁called ▁Sh edy et - sha ▁by ▁the ▁forces ▁of ▁the ▁reign ing ▁king , ▁but ▁his ▁forces ▁pre va iled . ▁Kh num h ote p ▁I , ▁an ▁official ▁under ▁A men em het ▁I , ▁claims ▁to ▁have ▁participated ▁in ▁a ▁fl ot illa ▁of ▁twenty ▁ships ▁sent ▁to ▁pac ify ▁Upper ▁Egypt . ▁Donald ▁Red ford ▁has ▁suggested ▁these ▁events ▁should ▁be ▁interpreted ▁as ▁evidence ▁of ▁open ▁war ▁between ▁two ▁d yn astic ▁claim ants . ▁What ▁is ▁certain ▁is ▁that , ▁however ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁power , ▁A men em het ▁I ▁was ▁not ▁of ▁royal ▁birth . ▁