Brugsch, Heinrich: Egypt under the pharaohs: a history derived entirely from the monuments (London, 1891)

dyn. xviii. ASIATIC INFLUENCE 139

In the conduct of war also their Asiatic neighbours
exercised an influence on the Egyptian military admi-
nistration. The distribution and arrangement of the
troops, and the position of the leaders, -were carefully
settled, from the common soldier to the highest general.
The horse was now introduced into the valley of the Nile
under his Semitic name of sus, and the war-chariot,
with its pair of grey horses, henceforth took a promi-
nent place in the Egyptian order of battle. In the
tomb of the brave warrior Aahmes at El-Kab there
appears a picture of a pair of horses with a chariot.
The driver, Kazan, standing behind the chariot, holding
the reins, waits for his lord, who ' loves the clever steeds.'

The king returned victorious from his campaign
against Naharain. Crowned with glory and laden with
booty, he entered Thebes, and, as a lasting monument
in remembrance of his expedition, caused a tablet to
be set up on which were inscribed his victories. He
further showed his thankfulness to Amen by continuing
the works begun by his forefathers at Karnak.

The temple, which was at that time small, and
surrounded by a wall with rows of chambers built
against it, received on the western side an addition of
ruassive buildings and rows of columns ; and in front of
these two granite obelisks, covered with inscriptions,
were to serve as witnesses of the prowess of the king
and his piety towards the gods.

It seems that Tehuti-mes I. enj'03'ed but a compara-
tively short life and reign. With this agrees the fact
that the two Aahmes, as also IsTahi, the governor of the
southern country, were able to serve their country
faithfully under the first four Pharaohs of this dynasty.
Tehuti-mes I. left behind him three children, an heiress
daughter and favourite of her father, the bold and able
Hatshepsu, and two sons, both of whom bore the name