A few surviving records show that Ahhotep was a woman who was stronger, braver, and a more powerful ruler than the average man. Her thrilling story starts in the Egyptian Middle Kingdom and ends in the storage rooms of the famous Cairo museum. The Second Intermediate Period is one of the most underrated times of ancient Egypt. There are countless forgotten stories of women and men whose mummies found a safe harbor in the tomb DB320. The story of Ahhotep is full of gaps, but the bits and pieces that can be ascertained show a woman who knew no limits when she lived millennia ago. Her Royal Family Ahhotep was a daughter of Pharaoh Senakhtenre Ahmose and Queen Tetisheri. She
