Ahmose I
| Ahmose I | |
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| Amosis, according to Manetho, also Amasis | |
A fragmentary statue of Ahmose I, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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| Pharaoh | |
| Reign | c. 1549–1524 BC (Conventional Egyptian chronology) (disputed) 25 years and 4 months in Manetho (18th Dynasty) |
| Predecessor | Kamose (Upper Egypt), Khamudi (Lower Egypt) |
| Successor | Amenhotep I |
| Consort | Ahmose-Nefertari, God's Wife of Amun, Ahmose-Sitkamose, Ahmose-Henuttamehu |
| Children | Princess Ahmose-Meritamon Princess Ahmose-Sitamun Prince Siamun Prince Ahmose-ankh Amenhotep I Prince Ramose possibly Mutnofret |
| Father | Seqenenre Tao |
| Mother | Ahhotep I |
| Died | c. 1525 BC |
| Burial | Mummy found in Deir el-Bahri cache, but was likely originally buried in Abydos |
| Monuments | Palace at Avaris, Temple of Amun at Karnak, Temple of Montu at Armant |
Ahmose I (Egyptian: Jˁḥ ms(j.w), sometimes written Amosis I, "Amenes" and "Aahmes" and meaning Born of Iah ) was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the founder of the Eighteenth dynasty. 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, King 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, 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, and upon coronation became known as Neb-Pehty-Re (The Lord of Strength is Re). The name Ahmose is a combination of the divine name 'Ah' (see Iah) and the combining form '-mose'.
During his reign, he completed the conquest and expulsion of the Hyksos from the delta region, restored Theban rule over the whole of Egypt and successfully reasserted Egyptian power in its formerly subject territories of Nubia and Canaan. 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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