have been.  The mummy is that of a fine, vigorous man, who might have lived to a hundred years, and he must have defended himself resolutely against his assailants; his features bear even now an expression of fury.  A flattened patch of exuded brain appears above one eye, the forehead is wrinkled, and the lips, which are drawn back in a circle about the gums, reveal the teeth still biting into the tongue.  Kamosu did not reign long;’we know nothing of the events of his life, but we owe to him one of the prettiest examples of the Egyptian goldsmith’s art—­the gold boat mounted on a carriage of wood and bronze, which was to convey his double on its journeys through Hades.  This boat was afterwards appropriated by his mother Ahhotpu.

* With regard to Kamosu, we possess, in addition to the miniature bark which was discovered on the sarcophagus of Queen Ahhotpu, and which is now in the museum at Gizeh, a few scattered references to his worship existing on the monuments, on a stele at Gizeh, on a table of offerings in the Marseilles Museum, and in the list 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.