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	Abydos, Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abydos, one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, stood about 11 km (6 miles) west of the Nile at latitude 26° 10' N. The Egyptian name was Abdju (technically, 3bdw, hieroglyphs shown to the right), "the hill of the symbol or reliquary," in which the sacred head of Osiris was preserved.
		The temple and town continued to be rebuilt at intervals down to the times of the 30th dynasty, and the cemetery was used continuously.
		Seti I, in the 19th dynasty, founded a great new temple to the south of the town in honour of the ancestral kings of the early dynasties; this was finished by Ramesses II, who also built a lesser temple of his own.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abydos,_Egypt (1552 words)

	Egyptian mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abydos (Great Temple of Abydos) – Adoration of the early kings, whose cemetery, to which it forms a great funerary chapel, lies behind it.
		Temple of Hatshepsut – Mortuary temple complex at Deir el-Bahri with a colonnaded structure of perfect harmony, built nearly one thousand years before the Parthenon.
		Dendera Temple complex – Several temples but the all overshadowing building in the complex is the main temple, the Hathor temple.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Egyptian_mythology (2046 words)

	Egyptian mythology - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A short period of monotheism occurred under the reign of Akhenaten, and was focused on the Egyptian sun deity Aten.
		Abydos (Great Temple of Abydos) -- Adoration of the early kings, whose cemetery, to which it forms a great funerary chapel, lies behind it.
		Medinet Habu (Ramesses III Memorial Temple) -- Temple and a complex of temples dating from the New Kingdom.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /e/eg/egyptian_mythology_1.html (2348 words)

	Egyptian mythology Article, Egyptianmythology Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Abydos (Great Temple of Abydos) – Adoration of the earlykings, whose cemetery, to which it forms a great funerary chapel, lies behind it.
		Temple of Hatshepsut – Mortuary temple complex at Deir el-Bahri witha colonnaded structure of perfect harmony, built nearly one thousand years before the Parthenon.
		Mehturt ("great flood"; also Mehurt, Mehet-Weret, Mehet-uret) is the goddess of the part of the sky where thesun exists, i.e.
	www.anoca.org /egypt/god/egyptian_mythology.html (2595 words)

	Irene at Abydos, Dendera, Temple of Hatshepsut
		Abydos is linked to the earliest dynasties recorded, and in 1993, the earliest known tomb was found here, along with some of the oldest hieroglyphics ever discovered.
		It was said that Abydos was where the final piece, his head, was buried, and so it was here that Osiris was brought back to life to become the judge of the dead and lord of the netherworld.
		The Temple of Ramesses II The temple of Ramesses II is a small temple that is northwest of the Temple of Osiris about 300m.
	www.crystalinks.com /egyptripabydos.html (3912 words)

	Egyptian Architecture - Influences
		The religious keynote of the Egyptians was one of awe and submission to the great power represented by the sun, while their chief worship was for Osiris, the man-god, who died and rose again, the god of death, and through death of resurrection to life eternal.
		When Theodosius the Great issued his edict in A.D. 378 many temples were either diverted to Christian use or churches were built within their precincts—a curious mingling in architecture of the old and the new.
		During the reign of Constantine the Great (A.D. 324-337) the government of Egypt was reorganised, and on the division of the Roman Empire Egypt came under the Eastern Emperor at Constantinople.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles22/architecture-3.shtml (3803 words)

	RAMESSES THE GREAT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		An enormous number of temples, monuments and statues were created (and usurped) from earlier rulers during his long and illustrious reign, including the famous rock-cut temple of Abu Simbel in Nubia, numerous temples at Memphis, the decoration of the great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, and his mortuary temple, the Ramesseum at Thebes.
		The great dedication stele in the temple at Abydos is the longest inscription of Ramesses II's reign (116 lines) and is the main source for details of his earlier years and of his relationship with his father in the kingship.
		The Great temple was a miracle of engineering and its orientation was so precise that the rising sun on the spring and vernal equinox would flood directly through the great entrance to illuminate the gods of the Sanctuary, over 200 ft/60m inside the mountain.
	www.egyptologyonline.com /ramesses_the_great.htm (853 words)

	The temples of Karnak are the largest temples in all over the World, lhe Great Temple of Amon-re, The Temple of Khonso, ...
		The temples of Karnak are the largest temples in all over the World, lhe Great Temple of Amon-re, The Temple of Khonso, The Ipt temple, The temple of Ptah, the temple of Montho, temple of god Oisiris.
		Temples such as the Great Temple of Amon-re, The Temple of Khonso, The Ipt temple, The temple of Ptah, the temple of Montho and the temple of god Oisiris.
		This great temple of Amon was known during the time of the Middle Kingdom as Ipt-Swt which means the Selected Spot; it was also called Pr-Imn which means the House of Amon.
	www.ask-aladdin.com /karnak.html (1229 words)

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		Above the exterior portico and the vestibules of a temple the ceiling was sometimes of stone or marble, sometimes of wood; in the interior it was always of wood.
		The architect of the Temple of Athena on the island of AEgina (Fig.
		The ruins of Greek temples are to-day monochromatic, either glittering white, as is the temple at Sunium, or of a golden brown, as are the Parthenon and other buildings of Pentelic marble, or of a still warmer brown, as are the limestone temples of Paestum and Girgenti (Acragas).
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext03/hgrkr10.txt (22116 words)

	The Temple of Tuthmosis III at Abydos
		In northern Abydos, near the Osirian temple complex at Kom el-Sultan, around which considerable excavations have been conducted by a team from the Pennsylvania-Yale Institute of Fine Arts expedition, a temple believed to have been built by Tuthmosis III was discovered in 1996.
		This site was located southeast of the "Portal Temple" of Ramesses II within the extent of the relatively undisturbed archaeological debris against the exterior face of the Osiris Temple enclosure wall, on a direct line between the visible remains of that temple and the entrance to the wadi which leads to Umm el Ga'ab.
		The temple builder is believed to be the great 18th Dynasty pharaoh, Tuthmosis III, due to the large number of relief fragments inscribed with his nomen and prenomen (names), as well as mud bricks from the temple enclosure wall that were stamped with his name, along with a short prayer to Osiris.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/tuthmosisiiiabydos.htm (1020 words)

	The Literature and Religion of Ancient Egypt.
		The great Homer Papyrus of 1889 was rolled up as a pillow for the head of its former owner; and its former owner was a young and apparently a beautiful woman, with little ivory teeth, and long, silky fl hair.
		These four are carved on the pylon walls of the Great Temples of Luxor and the Ramesseum at Thebes, on a wall of the Great Temple of Abydos, and in the main hall of the great rock-cut Temple of Abû-Simbel in Nubia.
		Great, therefore, was the stupefaction of those who pinned their faith upon that theory, when the sepulchral chambers and passages of this group were found to be lined with graven prayers and invocations, some of which are more ancient than any religious texts previously known.
	www.digital.library.upenn.edu /women/edwards/pharaohs/pharaohs-6.html (11170 words)

	Abydos
		Sited as the greatest building of his reign, the temple of Abydos was built as a national shrine, and is one of the greatest buildings in Egypt.
		The servants of the temple without distinction had taken what was brought in from the fields, the boundary marks of which were not staked out on the land.
		I have beheld the houses of the necropolis, the graves of Abydos.
	members.tripod.com /~ib205/abydos.html (2514 words)

	e. The New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period (18th-24th Dynasties). 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The title pharaoh (per`o, “Great House”), previously used to refer to the royal palace, was now used to refer to the king himself.
		Seti built a great temple at Abydos and continued work on the great Hypostyle Hall in Karnak.
		The scenes of Ramses III's victory are shown on the walls of the mortuary temple at Medinet Habu.
	www.bartleby.com /67/93.html (1310 words)

	Abydos
		For most visitors the main attractions with the temple at Abydos are the bas-reliefs which often are of sensational quality.
		As Seti died before the completion of the temple, his son, Ramses 2 was in charge of the remaining building process.
		Another great attraction is found in the hall to the east of the main temple, the Gallery of Kings.
	www.lexicorient.com /egypt/abydos.htm (599 words)

	Brunton's Portraits
		Another great work recorded by Hatshepsut is the setting up of obelisks in the temple of Karnak; these were four in all, but the record applies only to the pair which stood before the inner pylon of Thothmes 1, the original entrance to the temple.
		The temple of Amon at Karnak was enriched by the addition of the great hypostyle hall, one of the most dignified and imposing buildings of Egypt.Its long aisles, its vast size, its deep shadows,its darkness even at broad midday, all combine to impress upon the mind a feeling of mystery and awe.
		It is very remarkable that in the great temple of Abydos the basreliefs of the time of Sety indicate a high degree of technical skill in the artists; the delicacy of line and the exquisite modelling are still a joy to all who see them.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /gavin.egypt/bruntports.htm (8125 words)

	Karnak
		The three main temples of Mut, Monthu and Amun are enclosed by enormous brick walls.
		The main complex, The Temple of Amun, is situated in the center of the entire complex.
		The Temple of Monthu is to the north of the Temple of Amun, while the Temple of Mut is to the south.
	interoz.com /egypt/karnak.htm (1222 words)

	Magical Egypt Tours
		We also explore the Ramesseum, mortuary temple of Ramesses the Great, with the fallen colossus that inspired Shelley's famous poem, Ozymandias, and finish with a stop at the immense Colossi of Memnon.
		After breakfast we travel by bus to the great temple of Abydos, the best preserved temple of Egypt's New Kingdom, consecrated to Osiris, the god -or principle- of death and new life, of becoming and return.
		Early morning boat ride to the Temple of Philae, the delicate, elegant, quintessentially feminine temple of Isis, meticulously moved stone by stone from its ancient site (now submerged) to its new higher island home in the middle of the lake.
	hometown.aol.com /jawsphinx/schedule.html (1495 words)

	Friday, January 11, 2002
		The Dendera temple was important in the later eras as a healing center, and these front buildings were used as hospital space.
		A special festival held yearly saw the Dendera temple statue of Hathor placed on a boat and sailed to Edfu several hundred kilometers south, where the great temple of Horus was located.
		At the Abydos temple of Ramesses II a room built entirely of calcite (Egyptian alabaster) is preserved in the rear.
	www.jhu.edu /~neareast/2002/pages/11102.html (534 words)

	The Enterprise Mission - The "Lost Tombs" Revisited Pt 4
		For, as it has been for thousands of years, it is "Abydos" which, it turns out to be, is the literal heart and soul of all that was...
		In his great Hall of Justice, the heart (the seat of the conscience) was weighed in a balance against the ostrich feather of Maat [the goddess of Truth -- right].
		The Great Hall itself suggests a stone sarcophagus, and the rectangular island [in the center of the Complex, surrounded by nine feet of water...], the wooden coffin that it contains.
	www.enterprisemission.com /tombsweb4.html (2868 words)

	Gods of Egypt - Atlantis Rising
		Great were my people in the ancient days, great beyond the conception of the little people now around me; knowing the wisdom of old, seeking far within the heart of infinity knowledge that belonged to Earth’s youth.
		Over the world then broke the great waters, drowning and sinking, changing Earth’s balance until only the Temple of Light was left standing on the great mountain on UNDAL still rising out of the water; some there were who were living, saved from the rush of the fountains.
		In fact, at a comparatively early period in Egyptian history Isis had absorbed the attributes of all the great primitive goddesses, and of all the local goddesses such as Nekhebet, Uatchet, Net, Bast, Hathor, etc., and she was even identified as the female counterpart of the primeval abyss of water from which sprang all life.
	forums.atlantisrising.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/000969.html (15060 words)

	The Enterprise Mission - The "Lost Tombs" Revisited Pt 6
		Dismissed for years by both Egyptian experts (and "alternativetheorists") as either misinterpretations of "overwritten"standard Egyptian texts, or, even an outright, elaborate hoax, the EnterpriseMission was finally able to independently verify insitu the authenticityof the remarkable carvings, with aid of the Fox Television Network.
		Any "practical" use for such a "fleet"-- literally miles from the nearest access to the Nile -- is obviouslyludicrous; the primary intent was additional, symbolic reinforcement of Osirisrepeated textual association with "celestial waters"...
		Seti-I is depicted showing his youngson, Ramses II (reading from a roll of papyrus), the legacy of all the Pharaohswho had ruled before ñ a royal heritage of thousands of years.
	www.enterprisemission.com /tombsweb6.html (2220 words)

	Visionary Art Editions
		Strange, though he was quite the student of the Great Pyramid, he did not know how greatly this seemingly small discovery would eventually advance the recognition of the Great Pyramid as a proof of high technological civilization in prehistory.
		At night this temple chamber is occupied by a single native woman chosen from out of all the women of the land for her beauty.
		Other carbon 14 datings of the outside of the Great Pyramid range from 2876 BC to 3124 BC (276 to 524 years before Khufu) and are obviously taken from materials which were repairs and do not date to the original construction of the Great Pyramid.
	home.earthlink.net /~visionaryart/chrono.htm (12824 words)

	John Anthony West
		Experience the great monuments and temples of this ancient land as they were meant to be seen and used by the Egyptians themselves.
		Also at Abydos, we visit the mysterious and potent Oseirion, probably a relic of that earlier civilization responsible for the Sphinx.
		For complex reasons it is impossible to promise this in advance, but if available the meditation session is for many a profound, life-enhancing experience.
	www.jawest.net /tours2.htm (1693 words)

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