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  The Monuments of Abydos
The worship here was of the jackal god Upuaut (Ophols, Wepwoi), who ``opened the way'' to the realm of the dead, increasing from the Ist dynasty to the time of the XIIth dynasty and then disappearing after the XVIIIth.
Anher appears in the XIth dynasty; and Khentamenti, the god of the western Hades, rises to importance in the middle kingdom and then vanishes in the XVIIIth.
The worship here of Osiris in his various forms begins in the XIIth dynasty and becomes more important in later times, so that at last the whole place was considered as sacred to him (Abydos, ii 47).
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  Abydos, Egypt
The worship here was of the jackal god Upuaut (Ophols, Wepwoi), who "opened the way" to the realm of the dead, increasing from the Ist dynasty to the time of the XIIth dynasty and then disappearing after the XVIIIth.
Anher[?] appears in the XIth dynasty; and Khentamenti, the god of the western Hades, rises to importance in the middle kingdom and then vanishes in the XVIIIth.
The worship here of Osiris in his various forms begins in the XIIth dynasty and becomes more important in later times, so that at last the whole place was considered as sacred to him (Abydos, ii.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ab/Abydos,_Egypt.html   (1349 words)

  
 Khentamenti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Khentamenti · Khentamenti · II · Khentrul Khentimentiu · Lodro Thaye Khentamenti · Khentimentiu · Khentimentiu · Khentkaus Rinpoche...
Originally, the god Khentamenti was worshiped there; but during the more political than religious, for reasons 11th Dynasty, thought to be which are...
Khentamenti Egypt Ancient jackal recognized as the dead Osiris.
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 Abydos through history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Later, probably at the beginning of the Old Kingdom when Djeser made Memphis his capital, This was renamed Abdjou, which the Greeks transcribed as Abydos.
Originally, the god Khentamenti was worshiped there; but during the 11th Dynasty, for reasons which are thought to be more political than religious, Pharaoh Antef imposed the worship of Osiris, who became Osiris-Khentamenti, Osiris, Leader of the Dead [glossary] and Lord of Abdjou.
From the time of the 11th Dynasty, the nome [glossary] and its capital acquired considerable importance benefiting from the growing support which the pharaohs accorded to the Osirian myths [glossary]: if the exegetes are to be believed, the god's head was purportedly taken to Abydos, after his brother, Seth, assassinated and dismembered him.
www.bergerfoundation.ch /Abydos/english/ABYDOS.html   (191 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Khentamenti: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
LETTERS TO THE DEAD 201 Greeting: The god Osiris-Khentamenti assures that you shall live for millions of years, by...
Khentamenti, "foremost before the Westerners" (later a manifestation of Osiris) who...
translation is as follows: 1-3 The one venerated beside Osiris Khentamenti, the prophet who knows the mysteries of Buto, Gmenafharbok, child...
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 Abydos - Holy City of Ancient Egypt The Temple of Abydos Abydos Djoser, whose Horus name was Netjerykhet
The worship here was of the jackal god Upuaut (Ophols, Wepwoi), who "opened the way" to the realm of the dead, increasing from the first dynasty to the time of the 12th dynasty and then disappearing after the 18th.
Anher appears in the eleventh dynasty; and Khentamenti, the god of the western Hades, rises to importance in the Middle Kingdom and then vanishes in the 18th.
The worship here of Osiris in his various forms begins in the 12th dynasty and becomes more important in later times, so that at last the whole place was considered as sacred to him (Abydos, ii.
www.businessenglish.de /Kunstgeschichte/egypt108.html   (1508 words)

  
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PROFILE OF SARCOPHAGUS LID of MEHETDIESNAKHT, PRIESTESS of KHENTAMENTI
All images are the property of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and may not be used for any purpose without written permission from the Museum.
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Thenceforward the kings were buried in the Memphite necropolis.
The two great necropoles of Memphis and Abydos were originally the seats of the worship of the two Egyptian gods of the dead, Seker and Khentamenti, both of whom were afterwards identified with the Busirite god Osiris.
Abydos was also the centre of the worship of Anubis, an animal-deity of the dead, the jackal who prowls round the tombs at night.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/7/3/2/17321/17321.txt   (19591 words)

  
 Letters to the Dead
May one make offerings to you, may one make the
(wAg) for you, may one give you bread and beer from the altar of Khentamenti.
May you be given justification at the side of every god.
www.reshafim.org.il /ad/egypt/texts/letters_to_the_dead.htm   (1484 words)

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