Ahmose (18th dynasty)


Ahmose was an ancient Egyptian prince and High Priest of Re during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

Life

Ahmose was probably a son of Pharaoh Amenhotep II. He was in office as High Priest of Re in Heliopolis during the reign of his brother Thutmose IV. A stela of his, which originally stood probably in Heliopolis, is now in Berlin, his broken statue is in Cairo. The first syllable of his name is spelled as a crescent moon.