Ancient Egyptian Chariots: An Introduction
King Ahmose was the first pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, a distinction he attained by expelling the foreign Hyksos Dynasty that had ruled northern Egypt for the previous century. In the years around 1550 BC, king Ahmose’s army successfully besieged the Hyksos capital of Avaris. The autobiography of a solider named Ahmose, whose father, Ibana, had also been a soldier, describes that prior to the siege he “followed the sovereign (may he live, prosper, and be healthy!) on foot behind his maneuvers in his chariot.”