t of princes worshipped
by the "servants of the Necropolis." His pyramid was at Drah-
Abu'l-Neggah, beside those of Iluaa and Amenothes I.

** The name Amosu or Ahmosi is usually translated "Child of
the Moon-god" the real meaning is, "the Moon-god has brought
forth," "him" or "her" (referring to the person who bears
the name) being understood.

Ahmosisa must have been about twenty-five years of age when he ascended
the throne; he was of medium height, as his body when mummied measured
only 5 feet 6 inches in length, but the development of the neck and
chest indicates extraordinary strength. The head is small in proportion
to the bust, the forehead low and narrow, the cheek-bones project, and
the hair is thick and wavy. The face exactly resembles that of Tiuacrai,
and the likeness alone would proclaim the affinity, even if we were
ignorant of the close relationship which united these two Pharaohs.*
Ahmosis seems to have been a strong, active, warlike man; he was
successful in all the wars in which we know him to have been engaged,
and he ousted the Shepherds from the last towns occupied by them. It is
possible that modern writers have exaggerated the credit due to Ahmosis
for expelling the Hyksos. He found the task already half accomplished,
and the warfare of his forefathers for at least a century must have
prepared the way for his success; if he appears to have played the most
important _role_ in the history of the deliverance, it is owing to our
ignorance of the work of others, and he thus benefits by the oblivion
into which their deeds have passed. Taking this into consideration, we
must still admit that the Shepherds, even when driven into Avaris, were
not adversaries to be despised. Forced by the continual pressure of the
Egyptian armies into this corner of the Delta, they were as a compact
body the more able to make a protracted resistance against very superior
forces.

* Here again my description is taken from the present
appearance of the mummy, which is now in the Gizeh Museum.
It is evident, from the inspection which I have made, that
Ahmosis was about fifty years old at the time of his death,
and, allowing him to have reigned twenty-five years, he must
have been twenty-five or twenty-six when he came to the
throne.

[Illustration: 113.jpg THE SMALL GOLD VOTIVE BARQUE OF PHARAOH KAMOSU,
IN THE GIZEH MUSEUM.]

Drawn by Faucher-Gudin,