Intact portions of the foundation wall were uncovered near the tomb of Queen Teti Sheri, grandmother of Ahmose I, the first pharaoh of Egypt's golden New Kingdom era. The site in Luxor was deemed ...
Ahmose I is celebrated for his military campaigns that expelled the Hyksos invaders and unified Egypt, laying the foundation for the New Kingdom. These tombs, carved into the cliffs of the ...
by his principal wife Ahmose) cemented his position in line to the throne. Around 500 years after Thutmose II's death, ancient Egyptian officials of the 21st dynasty realized that his tomb (and ...
arguably ancient Egypt's greatest military leader. Thutmose was himself of royal blood as a biological son of Thutmose I. But as his mother was only a minor wife, his marriage to Hatshepsut (also a ...