Ahmose-Sitamun


Ahmose-Sitamun or Sitamun was a princess of the early Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

Etymology

Name of this princess means "Child of the Moon, Daughter of Amun".

Biography

Sitamun was the daughter of Pharaoh Ahmose I and sister of Amenhotep I. A colossal statue of hers stood before the eighth pylon at Karnak.
Her mummy was found in the Deir el-Bahari cache and is today in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Her titles were: God's Wife; King's Daughter; King's Sister.