Back Ahmoses I Afrikaans 1 አሕሞስ Amharic أحمس الأول Arabic احموس الاول ARZ Amosis I AST АхӀмос I AV I Ahmos Azerbaijani Яхмас I Byelorussian Яхмас I BE-X-OLD Яхмос I Bulgarian
| Ahmose I | |
|---|---|
| Amosis, according to Manetho,[1] also Amasis,[2] Aahmes | |
![A fragmentary statue of Ahmose I, Metropolitan Museum of Art[3]](view_image.php?q=Ahmose_I&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Head_of_Ahmose_I_MET_DP140854.jpg) A fragmentary statue of Ahmose I, Metropolitan Museum of Art[3] | |
| Pharaoh | |
| Reign | c. 25 years in the mid 16th century BC[note 1] (Egyptian chronology) (disputed) 25 years and 4 months in Manetho |
| Predecessor | Kamose (Upper Egypt) Khamudi (Lower Egypt) |
| Successor | Amenhotep I |
| Consort | Ahmose-Nefertari, God's Wife of Amun, Ahmose-Sitkamose, Ahmose-Henuttamehu, Kasmut, Thenthapi |
| Children | Ahmose-Meritamun Ahmose-Sitamun Siamun Ahmose-ankh Amenhotep I Ramose Mutnofret |
| Father | Seqenenre Tao |
| Mother | Ahhotep I |
| Died | c. 1525 BC |
| Burial | Mummy found in the Deir el-Bahri royal cache, but was likely originally buried in Abydos or Dra' Abu el-Naga' |
| Monuments | Palace at Avaris, Temple of Amun at Karnak, Temple of Montu at Hermonthis |
| Dynasty | 18th Dynasty |
Ahmose I (sometimes written as Amosis or Aahmes, meaning "Iah (the Moon) is born"[24]) was a pharaoh and founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, classified as the first dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. He was a member of the Theban royal house, the son of pharaoh Seqenenre Tao and brother of the last pharaoh of the Seventeenth Dynasty, Kamose. During the reign of his father or grandfather, Thebes rebelled against the Hyksos, the rulers of Lower Egypt. When he was seven years old, his father was killed,[25] and he was about ten when his brother died of unknown causes after reigning only three years. Ahmose I assumed the throne after the death of his brother,[26] and upon coronation became known as Nebpehtyre, nb-pḥtj-rꜥ "The Lord of Strength is Ra".
During his reign, Ahmose completed the conquest and expulsion of the Hyksos from the Nile Delta, restored Theban rule over the whole of Egypt and successfully reasserted Egyptian power in its formerly subject territories of Nubia and Canaan.[26] He then reorganized the administration of the country, reopened quarries, mines and trade routes and began massive construction projects of a type that had not been undertaken since the time of the Middle Kingdom. This building program culminated in the construction of the last pyramid built by native Egyptian rulers. Ahmose's reign laid the foundations for the New Kingdom, under which Egyptian power reached its peak. His reign is usually dated to the mid-16th century BC.
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- ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art 2023.
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- ^ Hornung 2012, p. 492.
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- ^ Ritner & Moeller 2014, p. 17.
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- ^ Shaw 2000, p. 199.
- ^ a b Grimal 1992, p. 192.
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