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Preceded by:
Wahibre
Pharaoh of Egypt
26th Dynasty
Succeeded by:
Psamtik III
Ahmose III
Koine Greek: Ἄμασις
Romanized: Amasis
Ahmose III

Bust of Ahmose III at the Neues Museum in Berlin. (CC BY 4.0)

Reign
570-526 BC (44 years)
Praenomen
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Ahmose
Born of the Moon
Legacy
Mother Tashereniset I
Consort(s) Tentkheta, Nakhtbastetiru, Ladice,
Khedebneithirbinet II, Tadiasir (?)
Issue Psamtik III, Neithiqret II, Ahmose,
Pasenenkhonsu, Tashereniset II
Died 526 BC
Burial Unknown
For other pages by this name, see Ahmose.

Khnemibre Ahmose III (transliteration: ỉꜤḥ-ms, meaning: "Born of the Moon"), Hellenized as Amasis (Koine Greek: Ἄμασις), is an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty during the Third Intermediate Period. He ruled from Sais.

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Predecessor:
Wahibre
Pharaoh of Egypt
26th Dynasty
Successor:
Psamtik III
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