Ahmose I

Ahmose I
Amosis, according to Manetho,[1] also Amasis,[2] Aahmes
A fragmentary statue of Ahmose I, Metropolitan Museum of Art[3]
Pharaoh
Reign	25 regnal years 1570-1546 BC (HC) 1560–1537 BC 1551–1527 BC 1539–1514 BC [note 1] 25 years and 4 months (Manetho)
Predecessor	Kamose (Upper Egypt) Khamudi (Lower Egypt)
Successor	Amenhotep I
Royal titulary Horus name Aa kheperu ꜤꜢ-ḫprw Great of manifestations[22] Great of Developments[23] Nebty name Tut mesut Twt mswt Perfect of Birth[23] The (very) image of (re-)birth[22] Golden Horus Tjez tawy Ṯs tꜢwy He who knots together the Two Lands[23] Prenomen  (Praenomen) Neb pehty re Nb pḥty rꜤ The Lord of Strength is Re[4] Nomen Iah mes(u) IꜤḥ ms(w) Iah (the moon god) is born (Ahmose)[4][22]
Consort	Ahmose-Nefertari, God's Wife of Amun, Ahmose-Sitkamose, Ahmose-Henuttamehu, Kasmut, Thenthapi
Children	Ahmose-Meritamun Ahmose-Sitamun Siamun Ahmose-ankh Amenhotep I Ramose Mutnofret
Father	Seqenenre Tao
Mother	Ahhotep I
Died	1546 BC (HC) 1527 BC (LC)
Burial	Mummy found in the Deir el-Bahri royal cache, but was likely originally buried in Abydos or Dra' Abu el-Naga'
Monuments	Palace at Avaris, Temple of Amun at Karnak, Temple of Montu at Hermonthis
Dynasty	18th Dynasty

Ahmose I (Amosis, Aahmes; meaning "Iah (the Moon) is born"^[24]) was a pharaoh and founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt in the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. His reign is usually dated to the mid-16th century BC at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age.

During his reign, Ahmose completed the conquest and expulsion of the Hyksos from the Nile Delta, restored Theban rule over Lower- and Upper Egypt, and successfully reasserted Egyptian power in its formerly subject territories of Nubia and Canaan.^[25] 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.

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