Examples of Hyksos in the following topics:
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- It is best known as the period when the Hyksos, who reigned during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Dynasties, made their appearance in Egypt.
- Pharoahs ruled from Memphis until the Hyksos conquered the capital in 1650 BCE.
- The Hyksos made their first appearance in 1650 BCE and took control of the town of Avaris.
- This dynasty would eventually lead the war of liberation that drove the Hyksos back into Asia.
- However, his successors—the final two kings of this dynasty—,Seqenenre Tao and Kamose, defeated the Hyksos through several wars of liberation.
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- She restored the original Precinct of Mut at Karnak that had been ravaged by the foreign rulers during the Hyksos occupation.
- The temple has an architrave with a long dedicatory text bearing Hatshepsut's famous denunciation of the Hyksos, who had led Egypt into a cultural decline prior to her rule.
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- One theory of the origin of the Sao states that they descended from the Hyksos, who conquered Ancient Egypt and later moved south, from the Nile valley to mid-Africa, after fleeing invaders.
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- She had monuments constructed at the Temple of Karnak, and restored the original Precinct of Mut at Karnak that had been ravaged during the Hyksos occupation of Egypt.
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- This was possibly a result of the foreign rule of the Hyksos during the Second Intermediate Period
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- Hapshepsut helped to restore the original precinct, which had been ravaged during the Hyksos occupation, and had twin obelisks erected at the entrance to the temple; one still stands as the tallest surviving ancient obelisk in the world.