History of Ancient Egypt - Dynasty XVII - Second Intermediate Period - War with the Hyksos

Towards the end of Egypt's Second Intermediate Period, a war broke out between the Canaanite group of rulers known as the Hyksos (Dynasty 15) in northern Egypt and a new, upstart group of kings from the southern city of Thebes that Egyptologists identify as the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt. The conflict was for the soul of the country that had become home to both groups of people. Find out what happened in this episode of Ancient Egypt, Dynasty by Dynasty.

Contents:

00:00 Intro
01:35 The Early 17th Dynasty
06:25 Seqenenre Tao and War
11:04 The Warrior King Kamose
21:07 Thank You and Patrons

Related Videos:

Ancient Egypt Dynasty by Dynasty - Dynasties XV & XVI - The Arrival of the Hyksos

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[iexist]

So excited for the 18th Dynasty! Thanks for your invaluable work!

[patrickotis]

Yay, new content! Thank you Cy! You make it worth watching 2+ mins of silly ad content.

[Boat]

Criminally underrated content, definitely one of my favorite history channels on YouTube.

[SisterWomen]

This fascinates me so deeply. Ahhotep was buried with full military honors, having lost her father, husband and son in the rebellion. They fought for three generations with women and children as their only viable leaders. One of the greatest military upsets ever.

[rovanderby]

Thank you Cy for this great series, it's the most complete history of Egypt I've ever seen on YT

[ancientsitesgirl]

Great Thebans, especially Kamose! Thanks for the great video, it's my favorite series💗

[jeffreed]

Love the content! I’ve always been fascinated with early civilizations, their customs, beliefs and daily lives. I’ve always wondered what exactly was the catalyst for the switch from hunter/gatherers to building settlements :

[Quickshot]

Gone through a lot of Egyptian history as well with all these dynasties now. Though I imagine that as we come to the newer eras the amount of available information will start to increase.

[stellarbotosi]

Cy, you're a machine. Casually pumped out a 2 hour video a little over a week ago and now another 20 minute video. Thanks for the content, it is very much enjoyed!

[kendallbyrd]

Great Video! I’m curious how people living under these more obscure dynasties thought of their leaders. Did they think they had the legitimate ruler or did they just play the game in order to avoid persecution.

[Sigy_Selene]

Thank you so much for the videos!! Really appreciate you Cy!! ❤️

[cabwaylingo_]

great vid like always! been waiting for the 18th dynasty for sooo long, the wait will be worth it for sure :)

[uptheblues]

I don't wanna sound demanding, but I hope you'll continue this series through to the Ptolemaic dynasty up until Egypt's annexation by Rome

[harryedwards]

I've been watching your videos for around 2 years now Cy ever since I first came wanted to find out more about Rome's nemesis The Carthaginians which then led me on to The Phoenicians which is where I first came across the term "The Bronze Age Collapse" and I thought well I want to know about when these Cities and Empires were thriving not when a lot of them were at their ending.
That's when I found your videos about Eridu, Ur, Uruk, The Sumerians, Akkadians etc and I've been hooked ever since.
But besides thanking you for your videos what I'd like to thank you for the most is for dispelling my once, I suppose you could call racist attitude toward people from the Middle East.
Being from the UK anything I heard about that region on the news was always connected with something bad.
I knew nothing about the rich culture and history of the countries which are now Iraq, Iran, and Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel etc ie Mesopotamia, Anatolia and The Levant.
Even when I see that (stupid) film 300 on TV now, instead of just seeing all the Persians as the bad guys I think I wonder which regiments are supposed to be Neo Assyrian, Babylonian or even Elamites straight from the now Achaemenian Capital Susa..

[SobekLOTFC]

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Hail βασιλεύς!

The Babylon video was really a magnum opus!

[petermessina]

The French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette found the mummy of Kamose in 1857. Artifacts were found, but his mummy was unfortunately lost and destroyed.

[Alexander_D_Shaffer]

I wonder how you say Restitutor Orbis in 17th dynasty era Egyptian.

[dphylan]

This seriously is exceptional, truly great work! Thank you for your dedication!

[dogwhistle]

Good work young man, I was wondering if you could add some of your long form videos on Spotify? I don't know if it cost-effective to add talks to Spotify but I do relisten to your playlist on Spotify a lot and your long Sumer and Assyria talks on it, you have a good voice to have on as I do work

[Light_the_Night]

I study Seqenenre and Kamose.
The hippo’s are an insult Apepa throws at the women of Thebes. Tetisheri, Ahhotep 1 ( Seqenenre’s wife), Ahhotep 2 ( The younger, Kamose’s wife, also the warrior Queen, some say she wasn’t related to the family and adopted into, using her ‘alias’ to confuse Apepa’, their two sons are mentioned twice on rock inscriptions (suggesting The younger did not trust the household, due to Ahmes-Nefertari, for she named a daughter’Sat-Kamose’ / my study shows that she did this to create a rift between husband and wife hence Kamose rewarding his warrior queen. I think The younger vanished/killed before she did, she must have given her rewards away to her adoptive mother.
I think Kamose committed suicide, because his sons no longer were mentioned, what if he lost his wife and children? Because his wife’s burial was lavished into so much gold, yet Kamose has a simple wooden coffin, not fit for the saviour of Egypt. Ahmose must have left what the family could, but I genuinely believe he ended his life, losing his wife and children. Ahmose made sure the family were buried together, but not Kamose, hence these thoughts…

As for Ahmose, that is not the real Ahmose in the museum, they were closer in age, it has been proven, the volcano in Santorini erupted causing years of backlash, but an easier way for Ahmose to slay Apepa, this has been written on a Stella by Ahmose, the darkness, tsunami’s, the dead in the Nile, basically the plague’s of Egypt. Makes me think about Mozes ‘Let my people go!’ (Lol)

This is why I think ‘Mozes’ was meant for the brothers and sisters whom were all called Ahmose, Kamose etc, the name was a hit. Mozes as in all who carried the name …Mose. Moses as in more people sharing that name, like for example ‘Ahmose-Abana’

I study them since I was 15, I wanted to follow archaeology because of them.
As for Seqenenre Tao, he survived the execution and they have evidence stating he had healing tissue on his wounds, they finished the job at their home, which made me think, that’s why Ahhotep the younger did not trust their household…

Let me know what you think of my studies, I started these in 2000. For some reason they fascinate me. They must have had so much sadness known in their family… Even Ahmose build a tomb for Tetisheri, the matriarch of the family, to bad they tore it down, because they needed stones………