Kamose

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Kamose was a late-17th Dynasty pharaoh known for his military campaigns against the Hyksos that helped pave the way for the reunification of ancient Egypt.

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instanceOf Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ruler
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
associatedWithPeriod rise of the New Kingdom
attestedIn Carnarvon Tablet NERFINISHED
Kamose stelae NERFINISHED
burialPlace Theban Necropolis NERFINISHED
burialSite Dra Abu el-Naga NERFINISHED
campaignRegion Lower Egypt frontier NERFINISHED
Middle Egypt NERFINISHED
Upper Egypt NERFINISHED
capital Thebes NERFINISHED
chronologicalPosition immediately precedes Ahmose I, founder of the New Kingdom
coregencyStatus possibly co-regent with Seqenenre Tao
cultCenter Thebes NERFINISHED
deathCause unknown
deathPlace Thebes (probable) NERFINISHED
dynasty Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED
era Second Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED
father Seqenenre Tao NERFINISHED
historicalRole last significant king of the Seventeenth Dynasty
knownFor contributing to the reunification of Egypt
military campaigns against the Hyksos
languageOfInscriptions Middle Egyptian NERFINISHED
legacy helped initiate the expulsion of the Hyksos
paved the way for the New Kingdom
militaryAction attack on Hyksos-held towns in Middle Egypt
naval operations on the Nile against Hyksos strongholds
mummyStatus mummy discovered in Theban cache DB320
nomen Kamose NERFINISHED
opponent Hyksos NERFINISHED
opponentRuler Apepi NERFINISHED
policy expulsion of foreign rulers from Egypt
possibleBrother Ahmose I NERFINISHED
praenomen Wadjkheperre NERFINISHED
predecessor Seqenenre Tao NERFINISHED
reignBegan circa 1555 BCE
reignEnded circa 1550 BCE
religion ancient Egyptian religion
royalHouse Theban royal family NERFINISHED
royalTitle King of Upper and Lower Egypt
sourceType archaeological remains
royal inscriptions
spouseStatus spouse uncertain
successor Ahmose I NERFINISHED
successorDynasty Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED
throneName Wadjkheperre NERFINISHED
title Heqa-khasut fighter (ruler who fought the Hyksos)

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