Author: David O'ConnorPublisher:
ISBN: 9780500390306
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"O'Connor presents the rich fruits of his long labors in this volume certain to appeal to scholars and Egyptophiles alike."--KMT
Abydos
Author: David O'ConnorPublisher:
ISBN: 9780500390306
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"O'Connor presents the rich fruits of his long labors in this volume certain to appeal to scholars and Egyptophiles alike."--KMT
The Osireion at Abydos
Author: Margaret Alice MurrayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abydos (Egypt : Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Abydos
Author: Ilona RegulskiPublisher:
ISBN: 9789042937987
Category : Abydos (Egypt : Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
The volume is the first of two complementary volumes that explore Abydos through the lenses of the latest archaeological, archival and collections research, building upon a colloquium and workshop held at the British Museum in 2015. Volume 2 presents a focussed view on Abydos in the post-pharaonic period. Chosen as the burial ground for the first kings of Egypt, Abydos became a site of great antiquity, and its ancient sanctity may have conferred legitimacy on the individuals buried there. The site soon became the cult centre for Egypt's most popular god, Osiris, who ruled the netherworld and guaranteed every Egyptian eternal life after death. As a result of continued ritual performance, endowments and pilgrimage, a vast landscape of chapels and tombs, temples and towns, developed. For millennia, Abydos was one of the most consecrated sites of Egypt. The contributions in this volume will address the social and cultural dynamics of an ever-changing landscape serving this unique ritual narrative.
The Osireion at Abydos
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abydos (Egypt : Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Osireion at Abydos
Author: Bas-reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos
Author: Herbert Eustis WinlockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abydos (Egypt : Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Architecture, Astronomy and Sacred Landscape in Ancient Egypt
Author: Giulio MagliPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107032083
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Most of the "wonders" of our ancient past have come down to us unencumbered by written information. In particular, this is the case of the Great Pyramid of Giza and of many other ancient Egyptian monuments. However, there is no doubt as to the interest of their builders in the celestial cycles: the "cosmic order" was indeed the true basis of the pharaoh's power. This book takes the reader on a chronological journey through ancient Egypt to explore the relationship between astronomy, landscape, and power during the most flourishing periods of ancient Egyptian civilization. Using the lens of archaeoastronomy, Giulio Magli reexamines the key monuments and turning points of Egyptian architecture and history, such as the solar deification of King Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid, the Hatshepsut reign, and the Amarna revolution.
Omm Sety's Abydos
Author: Dorothy Louise EadyPublisher: [Mississauga, Ont.] : Benben Publications
ISBN: 9780920808092
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A personal history and guide to the ritual site of Abydos, on the West bank of the Nile, which flourished from the Predynastic period until Christian times (c. 4000 BC to AD 641). The author moved to Egypt in 1933 and was involved in excavations with a number of Egyptian archaeologists.
Abydos in the First Millennium AD
Author: Elisabeth R. O'ConnellPublisher:
ISBN: 9789042939615
Category : Abydos (Egypt : Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Throughout their long histories, Egypt's monuments have been adapted, reused and reimagined. At Abydos, the tombs of the first kings became a locus of the national cult of Osiris, which continued with permutations into the Roman period. In Late Antiquity, the oracle of Bes drew an international audience before it was probably closed under the emperor Constantius II c. AD 359. By the end of the 6th century, Bes was remembered as a demon, who was vanquished by the famous monk, Apa Moses of Abydos. Until now, the region's history has been told largely from the literary sources. Recent fieldwork at Abydos offers deeper and more nuanced understanding of the region. This volume brings together the evidence from six major fieldwork projects and the British Museum collection in order to present the archaeology of Abydos in the First Millennium AD, when traditional ritual practices were largely replaced by Christianity and, later, Islam was introduced. Each paper details the adaptation of earlier architecture, artefacts, or both, including wall paintings, pottery, inscriptions, papyri and ostraca, and other objects of daily life.
The Osireion at Abydos, by Margaret A. Murray...
Author: Margaret Alice MurrayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 47
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