Ahmose-Sitamun

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Ahmose-Sitamun or Sitamun (“Child of the Moon, Daughter of Amun”) was a princess of the early Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. She was the daughter of Pharaoh Ahmose 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 Cairo, the Egyptian Museum.

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

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  • Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.129