Editing Ahmose I (section)

=== Length and date of reign ===
[[File:Two gold and silver boats from Ahhotep II’s tomb.jpg|thumb|200px|Two gold and silver barques or boats<ref>[https://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=15497 Egyptian Museum Catalogue No. JE4682]</ref> donated by Ahmose I and [[Kamose]] to Queen [[Ahhotep II]].]]
According to [[Josephus]] in ''[[Against Apion|Contra Apionem]]'' and [[Theophilus of Antioch]] in his ''Apologia ad Autolycum'', Manetho's ''Aegyptiaca'' stated that the pharaoh who expelled the Hyksos from Egypt was named "Tethmôsis" and reigned for 25 years and 4 months.{{sfn|Waddell|1971|pp=101 & 109}}{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=193}} At the opposite, according to the Byzantine scholar [[George Syncellus]], [[Sextus Julius Africanus]] wrote that the ''Aegyptiaca'' reported the king to be named "Amôs". Syncellus also notes that [[Eusebius]] in his ''[[Chronicon (Eusebius)|Chronicon]]'' told that an "Amôsis" or "Amoses"—depending on the version of Eusebius—is mentioned in the ''Aegyptiaca'' as reigning 25 years and founding the eighteenth dynasty from Thebes.{{sfn|Waddell|1971|p=115}} The 25 years figure is seemingly supported by a 'Year 22' inscription from his reign at the stone quarries of [[Tura (Egypt)|Tura]].{{sfn|Breasted|1906|p=12}} A medical examination of his [[mummy]] indicates that he died when he was about thirty-five, supporting a 25-year reign if he came to the throne at the age of 10.{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=193}}
[[File:AhmoseI-CartoucheFromAMonument RosicrucianMuseum.png|thumb|Ahmose I-Cartouche From A Monument Rosicrucian Museum]]
Ahmose's reign can be fairly accurately dated using the [[Sothic cycle|Heliacal rise of Sirius]] in his [[Amenhotep I#Dates and length of reign|successor's reign]], but because of disputes over from where the observation was made, he has been assigned a reign from 1570 to 1546&nbsp;BC, 1560–1537&nbsp;BC, 1551–1527&nbsp;BC and 1539–1514&nbsp;BC by various sources.{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=193}}{{sfn|Helck|1983|pp=47–49}}{{sfn|Ahmose I|2015}} The radiocarbon date range for the start of his reign is 1570–1544 BC, the mean point of which is 1557 BC.{{sfn|Ramsey|Dee|Rowland|Higham|2010|p=1556}}{{efn|group=note|Significantly reduced dates for his reign (1194 to 1170 BC) were suggested by [[David Rohl]],{{sfn|Rohl|1997}} but these were rejected by the majority of Egyptologists.{{sfn|Bennett|1996}} A radiocarbon study published in 2010 suggested minor revisions in the traditional chronology but did not support Rohl's theory.{{sfn|Ramsey|Dee|Rowland|Higham|2010|p=1556}}}}
[[File:Winged Griffin Plaque Inscibed with the Name Nebpehtyre (Ahmose I) MET DP112344.jpg|thumb|Winged Griffin Plaque Inscibed with the Name Nebpehtyre (Ahmose I) MET DP112344]]
[[File:Winged Griffin Plaque Inscibed with the Name Nebpehtyre (Ahmose I) MET DP112345.jpg|thumb|Winged Griffin Plaque Inscibed with the Name Nebpehtyre (Ahmose I)]]