Ahmose I

Ahmose I was the king who conquered Avaris and defeated the Hyksos.

A relief in the temple of Ahmose I in Abydos features a pile of detached hands on the battlefield.

Ahmose I, the pharaoh who eventually forced the last of the Hyksos out of Egypt, “had a heap of hands depicted on the wall of his temple at Abydos,” Bietak says.

The scans revealed details about the appearance and mummification the 18th Dynasty king, who ruled Egypt from about 1525-1504 BC and was the son of New Kingdom founder Ahmose I.