The famous paintings of the Beni Hasan necropolis, which are found on the tomb of the vizier Khnumhotep II, portray , among others, a scene of a group of “Asiatics” who, in the sixth year (1892 BC) of King Senusret II (1897-1878 BC) of the XII Dynasty, went to visit the pharaoh to bring gifts. The group of Asians is led by the Royal Scribe of Documents, Neferhotep, who holds a papyrus in his hand thanks to which it is discovered that these “Asiatics” are called Aamu (ꜥꜣmw) of Shu (Ŝw). There is a vast scholarly literature on these paintings and associated texts: the Aamu [‘3m(w)] in this scene have been identified as a group of Western Amorites and considered the ancestors of the “Hyksos” who visited Pharaoh Senusret II some two hundred and fifty years before the Hyksos/Atlanteans of King Atlas conquered Lower Egypt.
The Aamu group is led by a man named “Abisha the Hyksos”.
Abisha’s title is thus “Heqa Khaset” (Hyksos) meaning “king of a foreign land”, written in the short form with the “crook” symbol for kingship and the “hills” symbol for foreign lands. This is the earliest known occurrence of the name Hyksos.
In the book The Atletenu of Avaris the scene of the Aamu the paintings of Beni Hassan are analyzed in every detail: the clothes and the ornamental objects worn, the merchandise offered as gifts to the pharaoh, the text of the papyrus held by Neferhotep. Thanks to this meticulous analysis it was possible to identify the exact origin of this group and therefore prove how their leader Abisha was an ancestor of the king of Atlantis who led the Hykos/Atlanteans in the conquest of Lower Egypt two hundred and fifty years later. A fascinating investigation that amazes the reader and sheds light on the origins of the Hyksos. Read The Atletenu of Avaris and get to know Abisha the Hyksos!
