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Kamose was the last king of the Theban Seventeenth Dynasty at the end of the Second Intermediate Period. Kamose is usually ascribed a reign of three years (his highest attested regnal year), although some scholars now favor giving him a longer reign of approximately five years.

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Pharaoh.Name
Kamose
Pharaoh.Image
Coffin of King Kamose 2017.jpg150px
Pharaoh.Caption
Rishi coffin of Kamose, Cairo Egyptian Museum
Pharaoh.NomenHiero
D28:D52-F31-s-A24
Pharaoh.Nomen
Kamose Kȝ ms(=w) He who is born of the bull
Pharaoh.PrenomenHiero
N5-M13-M40-L1
Pharaoh.Prenomen
Wadjkheperre W3ḏ-ḫpr-Rˁ Flourishing is the Manifestation of Re
Pharaoh.GoldenHiero
S29-O4:D21-Y1-N17:N17:N23*N23
Pharaoh.Golden
Bik Nebu Seheru-Tawi bjk nbw shrw-t3wj The Golden Falcon who satisfies the two lands
Pharaoh.NebtyHiero
F25-Y5:N35-W24:W24*W24
Pharaoh.Nebty
Wehem-menu Wḥm-mnw He who renews the fortifications
Pharaoh.Horus
Khahernesetef Ḫˁj-ḥr-nst=f He who appears on his throne Sedjefatawy Sḏf3-t3wj He who nourishes the two landsNeferkhabtawi Nfr-ẖ3b-t3wj The perfect horus who tames the two lands
Pharaoh.Reign
1555 - 1550 BC
Pharaoh.Predecessor
Seqenenre Tao
Pharaoh.Successor
Ahmose I
Pharaoh.Spouse
Ahhotep II (?)
Pharaoh.Children
Ahmose-Sitkamose (?)
Pharaoh.Dynasty
17th&nbsp;Dynasty

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Kamose
date of death
1549-01-01
date of birth
1600-01-01
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1580-00-00
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Contents
  • Campaigns
  • ''Casus Belli''
  • Northern Campaign
  • First Nubian Campaign
  • Length of reign
  • Mummy
  • Stelae
  • Identification
  • Other discoveries
  • Medieval Arab tradition
  • References
  • Bibliography

Kamose was the last king of the Theban Seventeenth Dynasty at the end of the Second Intermediate Period. Kamose is usually ascribed a reign of three years (his highest attested regnal year), although some scholars now favor giving him a longer reign of approximately five years.

He was the son of Seqenenre Tao and the brother of Ahmose I, founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty. His mother is unknown, but is thought to be Ahhotep I. His reign is important for the decisive military initiatives he took against the Hyksos, who had come to rule much of Ancient Egypt. His father had begun the initiatives and lost his life in battle with the Hyksos. It is thought that his mother, as regent, continued the campaigns after the death of Kamose, and that his full brother made the final conquest of them and united all of Egypt.

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