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Tetisheri Stela at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo

The limestone Round-Topped Stela of Tetisheri with Ahmose I at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.

The new kingdom stela bears a vignette and inscription dedicated to Queen Tetisheri, the maternal grandmother of King Ahmose who founded the mighty 18th dynasty.

It was discovered in 1902 in Abydos, Upper Egypt's Sohag

 

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Uploaded on December 25, 2015
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