Ahmose-Sitkamose [61714]

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Ahmose-Sitkamose or Sitkamose was a princess and queen during the late 17th dynasties of Egypt. Based on her name, she is likely to have been the daughter of Pharaoh Kamose .[1]

She probably married Ahmose I who was her uncle or cousin, since her titles include King's Wife as well as King's Daughter and King's Sister. She was also the God's Wife of Amun , but it is likely that she was given this title only posthumously.[2]

Sitkamose's mummy was discovered in 1881 in the Deir el-Bahari cache ; it was in the coffin of a man named Pediamun who lived during the 21st dynasty . Her mummy was unwraped by Gaston Maspero on June 19, 1886. Sitkamose was about thirty years old when she died, Grafton Eliot Smith described her as a strong-built, almost masculine woman. The mummy was damaged by tomb robbers.[3]

Sources

1. ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3 , p.129
2. ^ Dodson & Hilton, p.129
3. ^ Mummy of Ahmose-Sitkamose <http://members.tripod.com/anubis4_2000/17A.htm>

Ahmose-Sitkamose married Ahmose I 1st PHARAOH of 18th Dynasty [61697] [MRIN: 551617763], son of Seqenenre Tao II King) of THEBES [61707] and Ahhotep I Queen of EGYPT [61698]. (Ahmose I 1st PHARAOH of 18th Dynasty [61697] was born about 1555 B.C, died in 1525 B.C. and was buried in Mummy found in Deir el-Bahri cache, but was likely originally buried in Abydos.)