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Ahmose, son of Ebana served in the Egyptian military under the pharaohs Tao II Seqenenre, Ahmose I, Amenhotep I, and Thutmose I. His autobiography has survived intact on the wall of his tomb and has proven a valuable source of information on the late 17th Dynasty and the early 18th Dynasty of Egypt. Pharaoh is a title used to refer to any ruler, usually male, of the Egyptian kingdom in the pre-Christian, pre-Islamic period. ...
Tao II called the Brave was the Pharaoh of Egypt of the Seventeenth Dynasty based in Upper Egypt during the Second intermediate period circa 1574 BC.He was the son and suscceessor to Tao I the Elder and Queen Tetisheri. ...
nomen or birth name Ahmose I (also known as Amosis I) was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the founder of the Eighteenth dynasty. ...
nomen or birth name Djeserkare Amenhotep I (d. ...
nomen or birth name Aakheperkare Thutmose I ( ? – 1492 BC; sometimes spelled Thutmosis) was the 3rd Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. ...
Cover of An autobiography, from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write, is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ...
Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Seventeenth Dynasty. ...
Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Eighteenth Dynasty. ...
Ahmose was born in the city of Nekheb. During the war to expel the Hyksos from Egypt, Ahmose decided to follow in his father Baba's footsteps, and he enlisted in the navy during the reign of Tao II Seqenenre. After the deaths of Tao II and his son Kamose, Ahmose continued to serve under Pharaoh Ahmose I. He participated in the battle of Avaris (the Hyksos capital in the Delta), where he killed two Hyksos and was awarded the "gold of valor" twice. Ahmose was awarded slaves and other spoils by the pharaoh after Avaris was sacked. Ahmose also participated in the six year siege of Sharuhen in southern Canaan for which he was rewarded. He followed his king to Nubia where they put down three rebellions. ...
The Hyksos (Egyptian heka khasewet meaning foreign rulers, Greek ) were an ethnically mixed group of Southwest Asiatic or Semitic people who appeared in the eastern Nile Delta during the Second Intermediate Period. ...
nomen or birth name Kamose was the last king of the Theban Seventeenth Dynasty. ...
Avaris, thought to be located at Tell el-Daba (some still argue for different locations), was the ancient capital of the Hyksos dynasties in Egypt. ...
NASA satellite photograph of the Nile Delta (shown in false colour) The Nile Delta is the delta formed in Northern Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. ...
A siege is a military blockade and assault of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition. ...
Sharuhen was an ancient town in the Negev Desert, between Raphia and Gaza. ...
For other uses, see Canaan (disambiguation). ...
Under Amenhotep I he fought against the Nubians and was given gold and slaves for his bravery. During the reign of Thutmose I, Ahmose participated in a naval campaign against Nubian tribes in the Nile and was appointed admiral. He followed Thutmose on a campaign against Naharin all the way to the Euphrates River. There is also Nile, a death metal band from South Carolina, USA. The Nile in Egypt Length 6 695 km Elevation of the source 1 134 m Average discharge 2 830 m³/s Area watershed 3 400 000 km² Origin Africa Mouth the Mediterranean Basin countries Uganda - Sudan - Egypt The...
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References
- "Biography of Ahmose, son of Ebana" in Ancient Records of Egypt by James Henry Breasted, Part Two, sections 1 to 24, 38ff and 78ff.
- "The Autobiography of Ahmose Son of Abana" in Ancient Egyptian Literature by M. Lichtheim, vol.2, pp.12ff.
External links - The biographical inscriptions of Ahmose son of Ebana
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