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Kamose
Kamose, also known as Wadjkheperre Kamose, was the last pharaoh of the Theban Seventeenth Dynasty in the Second Intermediate Period, reigning about 1555-1550 BC and campaigning against the Hyksos king Apophis.
Kamose Stelae
The Kamose Stelae are two royal stelae of Theban king Kamose from Karnak, dated about 1555-1550 BCE, the main source for his war against the Hyksos.
Kamov
Kamov (Камов) is a Russian helicopter design bureau founded in 1948 by Nikolai Kamov and known for coaxial-rotor helicopters; since April 2020 it has been part of the National Helicopter Center Mil and Kamov.
Kamov A-7
The Kamov A-7 was a Soviet two-seat observation autogyro designed by Nikolai Kamov's team at TsAGI in the 1930s, powered by a 480 hp M-22 engine.
Kamov Ka-22 (Камов Ка-22 Винтокрыл)
The Kamov Ka-22 Vintokryl, NATO name Hoop, was a Soviet convertiplane built by Kamov that first flew in 1959 and set eight world records in 1961.
Kamov Ka-226 (Камов Ка-226)
The Kamov Ka-226 (Камов Ка-226) is a Russian twin-engined light utility helicopter with coaxial rotors and swappable mission pods; its Ka-226T variant was certified in 2015.
Kamov Ka-25
The Kamov Ka-25, NATO name "Hormone", is a Soviet shipboard anti-submarine and utility helicopter with coaxial rotors; about 460 were built between 1966 and 1975.
Kamov Ka-27
The Kamov Ka-27, known to NATO as the Helix, is a Soviet-designed shipborne naval helicopter with a coaxial rotor system that entered Soviet Navy service in 1981, chiefly flying anti-submarine warfare missions.
Kamov Ka-31
The Kamov Ka-31, NATO name Helix-B, is a Soviet and Russian airborne early warning helicopter with a rotating radar antenna under the fuselage, serving Russia, India, and China.
Kamov Ka-32
The Kamov Ka-32, NATO name Helix, is a Soviet- and Russian-designed twin-engine civil utility helicopter with two coaxial rotors and no tail rotor, first flown in 1980 and used chiefly for firefighting and heavy lifting.
Kamov Ka-50
The Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark", NATO name Hokum, is a Soviet and Russian single-seat attack helicopter known for its coaxial rotors and unique ejection seat.
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, also called Kamp Koral, is the first SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off, a CG-animated Paramount+ prequel following 10-year-old SpongeBob and friends at a kelp-forest summer camp, running 2021 to 2024 in two seasons of 39 episodes.
Kamp Krusty
"Kamp Krusty" is the premiere of The Simpsons season 4 and 60th episode, aired on Fox on September 24, 1992, written by David M. Stern and directed by Mark Kirkland.
Kampala
Kampala, capital and largest city of Uganda since 1962, on Lake Victoria; five divisions, about 1.7 million night residents, 4.5 million daytime; grew from Buganda's Mengo Hill capital and Lugard's 1890 fort; governed by KCCA since 2010.
Kampaṉ
Kampaṉ (கம்பன்), also romanized Kambar or Kamban, was a medieval Tamil poet, probably of the 12th century, honored as Kavicakravarti, whose Irāmāvatāram became the definitive Tamil version of the Rāmāyaṇa.
Kampfbund
Kampfbund, German for combat league; best known as the Deutscher Kampfbund of 1923, a Bavarian right-wing paramilitary alliance of SA, Bund Oberland, and Reichsflagge under Hitler that launched the failed Beer Hall Putsch.
Kampfgeschwader 200
Kampfgeschwader 200 (KG 200), the Luftwaffe's secret special-operations wing of World War II, formed 20 February 1944: agent drops in captured Allied aircraft, reconnaissance, Mistel operations, and the piloted V-1 (Reichenberg). Disbanded 25 April 1945.
Kampil Mound
Kampil Mound (Kampilya), a 400 x 300 m centrally protected archaeological mound in Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India; excavations reveal OCP to Medieval occupation, with a major Painted Grey Ware phase, traditionally the capital of southern Panchala.
Kampilan
The kampilan is a long, single-edged sword of the southern Philippines, about a meter long, with a flared tip and split open-jawed pommel, favored by Maranao and Maguindanao nobles.
Kampo Medicine
Kampo medicine (漢方医学) is the traditional herbal medicine of Japan, derived from ancient Chinese medicine and remodeled into a distinct Japanese system. It uses dry extract formulations covered by Japan's national health insurance.
Kampong
Kampong (kampung in Malay and Indonesian) is a Malay word for village or small settlement across Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka; in cities it can mean informal neighborhoods lacking utilities.
Kampong Ayer
Kampong Ayer (Water Village) is a historic stilt-house settlement on the Brunei River in Bandar Seri Begawan, one of Southeast Asia's largest water settlements, with 34 villages, about 20,000 residents, and centuries of Bruneian heritage.
Kampong Cham
Kampong Cham (កំពង់ចាម) is a central-eastern Cambodian province and city on the Mekong River. Split in 2013–2014 to create Tboung Khmum, it is a key rice, cassava, rubber, and pepper farming area with a major Mekong flood gauge.
Kampong Chhnang
Kampong Chhnang (ខេត្តកំពង់ឆ្នាំង), "Port of Pottery", is a central Cambodian province on the Tonle Sap River, 5,521 km², capital 91 km from Phnom Penh, known for pottery, rice, fishing, and the former capital Longvek.
Kampong Speu
Kampong Speu (កំពង់ស្ពឺ) is a central Cambodian province, capital Chbar Mon, about 48 km west of Phnom Penh. Known for palm sugar, Kirirom National Park, Phnom Aoral (1,813 m, Cambodia's highest peak), and 978,189 residents in 2024.
Kampong Thom
Kampong Thom (ខេត្តកំពង់ធំ) is a central Cambodian province on National Road 6, second largest by area, capital Stung Sen, home to the UNESCO-listed pre-Angkorian temples of Sambor Prei Kuk and an agro-processing SEZ.
Kampos Krousos
Kampos Krousos, a Roman fort on western Lesbos, Greece, at 39.11480 N, 25.95680 E; Barrington Atlas map 56 B3, Pleiades 550614, DARE 34332, de Graauw port catalogue entry 2209.
Kampot
Kampot (ខេត្តកំពត), coastal province in southern Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand; 4,873 km², 588,066 people (2019). Famous for GI-protected Kampot pepper (2010 Cambodia, 2016 EU), salt fields, Bokor National Park, and the Funan Techo Canal.
Kampp 150
Kampp 150 is an early 18th Dynasty Egyptian tomb in the Dra' Abu el-Naga' necropolis at Thebes, dated by a cartouche of Thutmose I and cleared in 2017.
Kampp 161
Kampp 161 is an ancient Egyptian rock-cut tomb for an unidentified official at Dra' Abu el-Naga', Luxor, dating to around 1400 BCE and cleared in 2017.