Like his father , Amenhotep I may not have been an adult yet at his accession to the throne , and there may have been a brief co-regency with Ahmose to ensure peaceful transition and continuity of the recently established dynasty . His mother , Ahmose-Nefertari , certainly appeared prominently in his reign .
Amenhotep I's reign was generally a continuation of his father's: building projects started by Ahmose were re-undertaken . In addition , military expeditions in the south , completing earlier campaigns , were carried out .
Soon after the death of Amenhotep I , he and his mother were deified and worshipped at Thebes , especially at Deir el-Medineh . They were patron deities of the village throughout the New Kingdom and quite likely from the founding of the settlement . Not only were there cult centers of the two in the town , but most houses of the Ramesside Period contained in their front rooms a scene honoring the King and Queen .
Around the 8th year of his reign , he undertook a military action against the Nubians south of the Second cataract . This may be the campaign described in the tombs of Ahmose , Son of Ibana , and Ahmose Pennekhbet at EI-Kab .
By the end of Amenhotep I's reign , the main characteristics
of the
Eighteenth Dynasty
had already been established: its clear devotion to the cult of Amun of Karnak , its successful military conquests in
Nubia
aimed at extending
Egypt
southwards , and a developing administrative organization presumably drawn from powerful families and relations , primarily associated at this point with the regions of EI-Kab , Edfu , and Thebes .
The activities during the 12 peaceful years of his reign were: the opening of the Sinai turquoise mines (and the consequent expansion of the
Middle Kingdom
Hathor Temple at Serabit el-Khadim mines) , the quarrying of the Egyptian alabaster at Hatnub , and the opening of the work at the sandstone quarries of Gebel el-Silsilah .
we have no reference to a certain wife of Amenhotep I , although it is often presumed that Ahmose Merytamun (who was the King's daughter , the god's wife , the great royal wife) was his consort . Her coffin was found in a tomb at Deir el-Bahari . However , the only clear connection between the two is the fact that her coffin dates stylistically to Amenhotep I's reign .
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