Kamose Stele and the Hyksos Expulsion — Prelude to the Exodus

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The Kamose stelae narrate the military campaign against the Hyksos, Semitic rulers of northern Egypt. Their expulsion creates the historical context for the memory of a Semitic people in Egypt — a memory that would nourish the Exodus narrative. Several scholars have linked the Hyksos to biblical traditions of the Hebrew presence in Egypt.