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Encyclopedia > Ahmose

ame meaning "The Moon is born" or "Child of the Moon". It was very popular in the beginning of the eighteenth dynasty. The Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (1550-1292 BCE) - often combined with the nineteenth and twentieth dynasties under the group title, New Kingdom - is perhaps the most famous of all the dynasties of ancient Egypt. ...


This name may refer to (amongst others):

  • Ahmose I, a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and founder of the Eighteenth dynasty
  • Amasis (also known as Ahmose II), a pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth dynasty
  • Ahmose, son of Ebana, an ancient Egyptian admiral who served in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth dynasties
  • Ahmose, also known as Ahmes, an ancient Egyptian scribe of the Second Intermediate Period who copied the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
  • Ahmose Nefertari, a queen of the 18th dynasty
  • Ahmose Meritamon, a queen of the 18th dynasty
  • Ahmose, a queen of the 18th dynasty, mother of Pharaoh Hatshepsut
  • Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet, official who served under Ahmose I and his successors

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Dynasty 18 - Ahmose I, Amenhotep I (2327 words)
Ahmose I (Amosis to the Greeks) was given the birth name Ah-mose (The Moon is Born).
In this instance, Ahmose I's mother, Ahhotpe, was probably responsible for putting down the rebellion and for this she was awarded the gold flies, an award for valor that was found on her mummy in her intact tomb at Thebes.
The son of Ahmose and Queen Ahmose Nefretiri, Amenhotep I was the second king of the18th Dynasty.
Ahmose 1 (77 words)
With Ahmose 1, the Hyksos were beaten, as he took control over their citadel, Avaris, in the north of Egypt.
To Ahmose, at Abydos, the southernmost pyramid of Egypt is found, although what remains today is little but a mound.
The pyramid did not serve the same purpose as older, more original pyramids, as Ahmose was buried in an underground chamber, cenotaph, 550 metres uphill.
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