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was originally the home of the Khentiamentiu (“Foremost
of the Westerners”) but by the end of the Old Kingdom
that jackel-headed god of death and the desert had been displaced
and his functions assumed by Osiris, the Lord of the Underworld
who offered rebirth to the souls of the dead. Appropriately,
we began our journey at dawn. |
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Daybreak
on the Road to Abydos |
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Egrets
Roosting in the Palms by a Canal |
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Village
Women Drawing Water |
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Temple of Seti is dedicated to the worship of Osiris but there
are shrines for Isis, his queen, and his son Horus along with
others for Amen, Ra-Horakhty, Ptan and the deified pharaoh himself.
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Temple
of Seti I from the Outer Court |
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Chapel
of Amun |
Chapel
of Isis |
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Margarit
& Udo in the Chapel of Ra-Horakhty |
Seti
offering a Djed Pillar to Isis |
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Osireion is the symbolic tomb of the god Osiris, whose body
was hacked to pieces by his brother Seth. The building ressembles
nothing so much as an Old Kingdom mortuary temple such as Khafre's
at Giza and its level (several metres below that of the nearby
Seti Temple) is compatible with such a date. |
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Osireion |
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Temple of Ramesses II is a scaled down version of that of his
father and is noted for the high quality and vivid colours of
its painted reliefs |
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Temple
of Ramesses II |
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Temple
of Ramesses II |
Heather
& Ellen |
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Painted
Relief of Three Seated Goddesses |
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Hany
B. DeMille |
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Minaret |
Hathor
Temple. Roof Chapel |
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Dendera.
Time out for Karkedeh |
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