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Ahmose I

Also known as: Amasis, Amosis

Expelled the Hyksos and reunified Egypt, founding the New Kingdom and the Eighteenth Dynasty.

Reign

1550 BC–1525 BC

1550 BC – 1525 BC

Dynasty

Eighteenth Dynasty

Period

New Kingdom

c. 1550 BC – 1070 BC

Alternate Names

AmasisAmosis

Royal Names in Hieroglyphs

Prenomen (Throne Name)
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nb-pḥtj-rꜥ"Lord of Strength Is Ra"
Nomen (Birth Name)
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jꜥḥ-ms"Born of the Moon"
Horus Name
Horus
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ꜤꜢ-ḫprw"Great of Manifestations"
Nebty (Two Ladies) Name
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twt-mswt"The Very Image of Rebirth"
Golden Horus Name
X1N17N17
ṯs-tꜢwꞽ"Who Has Bound the Two Lands"

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