56: Return of the King - Ahmose I & the Re-Unification of Egypt

Warfare Along the Nile. Around 1550 BCE, King Ahmose I reunified Egypt and expelled the Hyksos lords. Historically, the Second Intermediate Period ends and the New Kingdom begins.

Chapter 1: On land and river the Thebans attack the Hyksos, pushing them northward towards their capital. King Ahmose I and his mother Queen Ahhotep pummeled their foes, while raising up their friends. We meet two of these: Ahmose Ibana, a commoner, and Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, wife of the King and priestess of Amun.

Chapter 2: Around 1540 BCE, the warriors of Thebes (Waset) were chasing their enemies. King Ahmose I and his soldiers pursued the Hyksos, straining to reach that ultimate victory, and re-unify The Two Lands.

Chapter 3: Around 1530 BCE, King Ahmose I died. With his death and burial, the Second Intermediate Period ended and the New Kingdom began. We explore the funeral of a truly great monarch...

• Date c.1550 BCE.
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Select Bibliography:

Reshafim.org – The Autobiography of Ahmose son of Ibana.

Irene Forstner-Muller, “Avaris, its Harbours and the Peru-nefer Problem,” Egyptian Archaeology 45 (2014). Read for free online at Academia.edu.

W. Vivian Davies, “The Tomb of Ahmose Son-of-Ibana at Elkab, Documenting the Family and Other Observations,” Elkab and Beyond: Studies in Honour of Luc Limme, 2009. Read for free at Academia.edu.

Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2010.

William Kelly Simpson (editor). The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2006.

Anthony J. Spalinger. War in Ancient Egypt, 2005.

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