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Ahmose I c. 1550–1525 BC

Ahmose drove the Hyksos out of Egypt, reunited the country and founded the 18th Dynasty and the New Kingdom.

Birth name: Ahmose

iꜥḥ-ms: “The moon is born”

Sign by sign

  1. Crescent moon N12iꜥḥ Moon; month.
  2. Three fox skins F31ms To be born (as in Ramesses, Thutmose).
  3. Folded cloth S29s The sound s.
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Names of gods (Ra, Amun, Ptah) are written first out of respect, even when they are read later. Dates are approximate; we follow Ian Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (2000).