| Ahmose-Sitkamose | ||||||
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| King's daughter Queen consort ofEgypt Great Royal Wife God's Wife of Amun | ||||||
 Mummy of Ahmose-Sitkamose, found in DB320 | ||||||
| Born | Thebes | |||||
| Died | Thebes | |||||
| Burial | DB320, Thebes | |||||
| Spouse | Ahmose I | |||||
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| Dynasty | 18th of Egypt | |||||
| Father | Kamose | |||||
| Mother | Ahhotep II | |||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | |||||
Ahmose-Sitkamose, sometimes appearing as simplySitkamose was a princess during the late17th-early18th Dynasties of Egypt.[1]
She was the only known child ofKamose.[citation needed] She married her uncleAhmose I and was given the titles ofGreat Royal Wife andGod's Wife of Amun but they had no known children. Following the Egyptian tradition, Ahmose had other wives, including his sisterAhmose-Nefertari.[2]
Sitkamose's mummy was discovered in 1881 in theDeir el-Bahari cache; it was in the coffin of a man named Pediamun who lived during the21st Dynasty. Her mummy was unwrapped byGaston Maspero on June 19, 1886. Sitkamose was, according to examinations, about thirty years old when she died. This confirms evidence that she died in her husband's year 18 (1533 BC)[3] Grafton Eliot Smith described her as a strong-built, almost masculine woman. The mummy was damaged by tomb robbers.[4] After her death, Ahmose I assigned the title of "Great Royal Wife" to queenAhmose-Henuttamehu, and after her death,Ahmose-Nefertari, the mother ofAmenhotep I.
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