Kamose
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Kamose was a late-17th Dynasty pharaoh known for his military campaigns against the Hyksos that helped pave the way for the reunification of ancient Egypt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kamose canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4529325 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kamose Context triple: [Second Intermediate Period of Egypt, notableRuler, Kamose]
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A.
Siptah
Siptah was a late 19th Dynasty pharaoh of ancient Egypt who ruled briefly during a turbulent period marked by political instability and power struggles.
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B.
Setnakhte
Setnakhte was the founding pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twentieth Dynasty, known for restoring stability after the turbulent late Nineteenth Dynasty.
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C.
Nekheb
Nekheb was an ancient Egyptian city in Upper Egypt, closely associated with the vulture goddess Nekhbet and serving as an important religious and political center.
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D.
Senenmut
Senenmut was a prominent ancient Egyptian official and architect of the 18th Dynasty, best known for his close association with Pharaoh Hatshepsut and for designing some of her most famous monuments.
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E.
Menkheperre
Menkheperre is the throne name of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III, one of the most powerful rulers of the 18th Dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kamose Target entity description: Kamose was a late-17th Dynasty pharaoh known for his military campaigns against the Hyksos that helped pave the way for the reunification of ancient Egypt.
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A.
Siptah
Siptah was a late 19th Dynasty pharaoh of ancient Egypt who ruled briefly during a turbulent period marked by political instability and power struggles.
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B.
Setnakhte
Setnakhte was the founding pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twentieth Dynasty, known for restoring stability after the turbulent late Nineteenth Dynasty.
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C.
Nekheb
Nekheb was an ancient Egyptian city in Upper Egypt, closely associated with the vulture goddess Nekhbet and serving as an important religious and political center.
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D.
Senenmut
Senenmut was a prominent ancient Egyptian official and architect of the 18th Dynasty, best known for his close association with Pharaoh Hatshepsut and for designing some of her most famous monuments.
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E.
Menkheperre
Menkheperre is the throne name of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III, one of the most powerful rulers of the 18th Dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ruler
ⓘ
ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | rise of the New Kingdom ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Carnarvon Tablet
ⓘ
Kamose stelae ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Theban Necropolis ⓘ |
| burialSite | Dra Abu el-Naga ⓘ |
| campaignRegion |
Lower Egypt frontier
ⓘ
linked to:
Lower Egypt
Middle Egypt ⓘ
linked to:
central Egypt
Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| capital | Thebes ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | immediately precedes Ahmose I, founder of the New Kingdom ⓘ |
| coregencyStatus | possibly co-regent with Seqenenre Tao ⓘ |
| cultCenter | Thebes ⓘ |
| deathCause | unknown ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Thebes (probable)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thebes
|
| dynasty | Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| era | Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ |
| father | Seqenenre Tao ⓘ |
| historicalRole | last significant king of the Seventeenth Dynasty ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributing to the reunification of Egypt
ⓘ
military campaigns against the Hyksos ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Middle Egyptian ⓘ |
| legacy |
helped initiate the expulsion of the Hyksos
ⓘ
paved the way for the New Kingdom ⓘ |
| militaryAction |
attack on Hyksos-held towns in Middle Egypt
ⓘ
naval operations on the Nile against Hyksos strongholds ⓘ |
| mummyStatus | mummy discovered in Theban cache DB320 ⓘ |
| nomen | Kamose ⓘ |
| opponent | Hyksos ⓘ |
| opponentRuler | Apepi ⓘ |
| policy | expulsion of foreign rulers from Egypt ⓘ |
| possibleBrother | Ahmose I ⓘ |
| praenomen | Wadjkheperre ⓘ |
| predecessor | Seqenenre Tao ⓘ |
| reignBegan | circa 1555 BCE ⓘ |
| reignEnded | circa 1550 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Theban royal family ⓘ |
| royalTitle | King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ |
| sourceType |
archaeological remains
ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| spouseStatus | spouse uncertain ⓘ |
| successor | Ahmose I ⓘ |
| successorDynasty |
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
18th Dynasty of Egypt
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| throneName | Wadjkheperre ⓘ |
| title | Heqa-khasut fighter (ruler who fought the Hyksos) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kamose Description of subject: Kamose was a late-17th Dynasty pharaoh known for his military campaigns against the Hyksos that helped pave the way for the reunification of ancient Egypt.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.