Ahmose-Sitamun Explained

Ahmose-Sitamun
God's Wife
King's Daughter
King's Sister
Dynasty:18th Dynasty
Father:Ahmose I
Mother:Ahmose-Nefertari
Native Lang1:Egyptian name
Native Lang1 Name1:iaH-ms-s-i-mn:n-G39-t
Burial Place:Thebes

Ahmose-Sitamun or Sitamun was a princess of the early Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

Etymology

Name of this princess means "Child of the Moon, Daughter of Amun".

Biography

Sitamun was the daughter of Pharaoh Ahmose I and sister of Amenhotep I. A colossal statue of hers stood before the eighth pylon at Karnak.

Her mummy was found in the Deir el-Bahari cache (DB320) and is today in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

Her titles were: God's Wife; King's Daughter; King's Sister.

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