Ruler
Ahmose I
Expeller of the Hyksos and founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty
c. 1550 – 1525 BCE
Approximate regnal dates after Shaw (2000).
Biography
Son of Seqenenre and Ahhotep. He took Avaris and ended Hyksos rule, then besieged Sharuhen in southern Canaan. His reign is counted as the start of the New Kingdom.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
Ahmose I captured Avaris, bringing Hyksos rule in Egypt to an end.
- Miriam Lichtheim (1976) “Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New Kingdom” University of California Press, Berkeley
- Ian Shaw (ed.) (2000) “The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt” Oxford University Press