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Tao II is one of the few pharoahs in this dynasty who broke with the Hyksos rulers int he rest of Egypt. Tao II is best known as the pharaoh who fought with Apophis over an implied insult -- Apophis complained that the hippos in the royal pool kept him awak (from several hundred miles away!) and Tao regarded this as an insult.. He marched to fight with Apophis -- but he was killed almost immediately. His military campaign was not successful and he died in the first year of the battles. His mummy was found in thebes, and suffered from blows from battle axes, spears, and lances. HIs ribs, back, and skull were fractured. When he died, his son Kamose took over the leadership of the army and led them to victory ove rthe hyksos pharaohs, and opened up the way for the New kingdom. |
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