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stone was quarried to repair the temples of Amen at Thebes, and of Ptah at Memphis. Ahmes was succeeded, about 1670, by his son A me no phis I (Amenhotep), whose throne name was Tser-ka-ra. He conquered in the south, and enlarged the great Karnak temple of Thebes. About 1660 he was succeeded by his son, Thothmes I (“child of Thoth”), under whom, for the first time, Egyptian armies overran Syria and entered Me so pot am i a, where the 2nd dynasty of Babylon was apparently far le powerful than the first had been. He also added Nubia, as far as Dongola to his empire on the south. His eldest son, Thothmes II, succeeded (Nefer-shau), but seems to have been a weak prince. During the minority of the next king, Thothmes III, brother apparently of Thothmes IJ, Egypt was ruled by his able elder sister, Hatasu, who was a great worshiper of Amen-Ra. From the text at Sarbit-el-Khadim, in Sinai, it appears that she was still the actual ruler in the 16th year of Thothmes III, Including these 16 years he reigned for 54 in all, and began his conquests in Syria in his 22nd year. During 19 years he fought 15 campaigns, and received tribute not only from Palestine and N. 55