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	The Beautiful Feast of the Opet (The Opet Festival) - Part I: An Introduction
		Opet festival in the 12th century BC, it is recorded that temple officials distributed 11,341 loaves of bread and 385 jars of beer to the citizens.
		Part of that construct was specifically oriented to accommodate the Festival of the Opet, and the nearby Luxor Temple seems to have been oriented specifically for that ceremony.
		Major events associated with the Opet Festival procession are schematically represented on the walls of the Colonnade in Luxor Temple, but fragmentary scenes found elsewhere suggest that the real sequence of the festival may have been somewhat different.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/opetfestival1.htm (1273 words)

	Egypt: Grand Festivals in Ancient Egypt
		This festival is known from the Old Kingdom and it grew in importance due to the establishment of Egypt's capital at Memphis during the dawn of Egyptian history.
		It should be noted that this festival, associated with Min, was clearly one of fecundity and the virility of rebirth, and therefore the third festival of the year focusing on birth, with the agricultural aspect predominating.
		The festivities began at Karnak temple on the east bank where the sacred image of the god Amun was placed atop a ceremonial boat and carried down to the Nile by the priests, very similarly to how it occurred in the Opet Festival.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/festival.htm (2696 words)

	Opet
		Annual festival in which the Theban triad, Amon, Mut and their son, Khonsu, made a ritual journey from their temples at Karnak to the Luxor Temple.
		One to purposes of the Opet festival was to allow the king to absorb the royal ka in the presence of Amon, rejuvenating his strength and qualities.
		Opet is closely linked with Taweret, and specialized books diverge between considering Opet as a part of the divine concepts of Taweret, or as an independent goddess.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/opet.htm (378 words)

	Opet Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Opet Festival, also called the "Beautiful Feast of Opet" became one of the most important yearly festivals of the Theban area.
		The word "Opet" means "secret chamber" and it refers to the private and secluded rooms adjoining the holy sanctuary of Amun of Luxor in the innermost chamber of Amenotep III's temple.
		The Festival of Opet is the birthday of the Kingly Ka, and through special rituals at this time the divine kingship was regenerated and the king's right to rule re-confirmed.
	www.hethert.org /opetfestival.htm (481 words)

	Nile Cruises - Temple of Luxor & Colossi of Memnon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The festival itself was to reconcile the human aspect of the ruler with the divine office.
		The primary function of the original temple was as a setting for the FESTIVAL of Opet, in which the cult statue of the god Amun was carried annually along an avenue of sphinxes leading from the temple of the Amun at Karnak to Luxor.
		One of the purposes of the Opet festival was enable the human king to âmergeâ with his divine royal KA in the presence of Amun, and then to reappear with his royal and divine essence revived.
	www.nile-cruises.com /temples-history7.html (487 words)

	festival
		In Thebes two such festivals were held honoring the Thebian Triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu these were the Opet Festival and the Beautiful Feast of the Valley Festival.
		Festivities began at Karnak where the holy family was loaded onto barges and towed across the Nile to visit the pharaoh's mortuary temple and the temples of other gods.
		On this occasion, people accompanied the pharaoh and the enshrined images of the holy family in a procession that began at the Karnak temple and concluded at the Luxor temple.
	www.geocities.com /icewarrior31/festival.html (364 words)

	The Opet Festival at Thebes
		This festival was celebrated in the second month of Akhet, the season of the flooding of the river and linked to the symbolic fertility of the rising of the Nile.
		In Hatshepsut´s reign, the god´s statue was carried in his bargue by waeb priests by land to the Opet temple.
		In this way, the Opet Festival served both as a renewal of the god and the king, plus it emphasized the bonds between the gods and the people of the land.
	www.philae.nu /akhet/Opet.html (624 words)

	1991-92 EPIGRAPHIC SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT
		The "beautiful Festival of Opet," as it is referred to in the inscriptions, was a great celebration of annual renewal, in which the divine triad resident at Karnak Temple-Amun, Mut, and Khonsu-were escorted southward in procession three kilometers to Luxor Temple, called in antiquity the "Southern Opet," or southern sanctuary.
		Although the Opet Festival was our main priority, the artists also spent many hours at the Temple of Amun at Medinet Habu, beginning the penciling of scenes that will in future seasons provide a good deal of epigraphic fodder for Egyptologists.
		In preparation for the volume on the Opet Festival, a plate layout was finalized and reductions calculated for joining the drawings at the correct scale for each plate.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/AR/91-92/91-92_Epigraphic.html (3324 words)

	luxor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The connection between the two temples was especially important during the Festival of Opet.
		The Festival of Opet was Luxor’s most important event of the year.
		This was a religious festival that grew over the years from eleven days to almost a month long by the time of Ramesses II.
	www.uwm.edu /Course/egypt/0100/LOCATS/luxor.htm (293 words)

	Scribe’s Writing Desk » Blog Archive » The Opet Festival
		The Opet, or Heavenly, Festival in particular, was a spectacular excuse to loosen the bonds of propriety.
		The festival occurred in the second month of the season of Akhet, or July by our reckoning, and lasted from two to four weeks.
		At the climax of the festival the King entered the dark and shrouded inner sanctum of Amun where mysterious rites enabled him to take on aspects of eternity before returning to his people as a living god.
	www.karenleefield.com /blog/the-opet-festival.html (524 words)

	The Festival of Light
		On Morecambe promenade, at the festival of “Light (Fire) and Water”, at full moon on August 28th and 29th 2004, I saw a large eye, golden arches, a large dome, obelisk (disguised as a clock tower), images of an eye on top of a pyramid, and an illuminated 5 pointed star surrounded by circles.
		The removal of the Festival of Light in Morecambe, only for Blackpool to suddenly announce they are having one, is a very good example of how the Serpent Cult have created a network of corrupt councils to suit their own ends.
		This Opet festival usually included the ritual of using a “boat”(barque) in a procession, passing food and drink booths. Icons and statues were placed on view in honour of Amen Ra.
	www.experiencers.net /eZines/No6/The_Festival_of_Light3.htm (6099 words)

	Our Community - New Year’s Day
		This festival lasted for 11 days, during which the King was stripped of his clothing and banished from the land.
		During the Festival of Opet, Thebans could ask the god questions that could be answered by a simple yes or no. If the barge dipped forward, the answer to any question was yes; if it backed away, the reply was no. The statues were then taken back to the temple.
		The festival lasted for three days, during which time everyone was permitted to do what they pleased, slaves and masters dined together and normal rules of the society were put on hold.
	www.sanpedrosun.net /old/04-464.html (1369 words)

	Festival of Opet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pharaoh: This incense embodies the life-giving warmth of Ra.
		To begin the Opet Festival, the statue of Amen Ra was carried from his Temple of Opet-Esut in Karnak down the Avenue of Rams, into the Boat of Ra on the Nile.
		To end the festival the statue of Amen Ra would be carried by boat to his own Temple in Karnak.
	www.fellowshipofisis.com /liturgy/panthea9.html (2810 words)

	Luxor Temple
		In ancient times, as part of the very important annual Opet Festival, statues of Amon, Mut and Khonsu were transported from Karnak to Luxor Temple, where they stayed for 24 days, before returning.
		Later, on top of this, the Muslims built a mosque, but the cult here is really a continuation of Egyptian religion and its Opet Festival, only now clad in the framework of popular Islam.
		Note the high position of the mosque, this reflects the height of the sand and silt, as parts of Luxor for centuries were built on top of the temple complex.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/temple_luxor.htm (514 words)

	EgyptSites - Luxor Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Within the centre of Luxor is the temple once known as 'Ipet-resyt' or 'the southern Opet' which served as a focal point for the Opet festival.
		Opet's primary function was religious but the festival was also significant in maintaining the king's divine role.
		Behind the sanctuary is a private antechamber known as the 'Opet (harem) suite', a broad hall with 12 columns which opens into a number of smaller chambers behind.
	www.egyptsites.co.uk /upper/luxoreast/luxor.html (1147 words)

	Ancient Egyptian Festival Calendar
		The festival calendar of celebrations does not wholly reflect the rituals and festivals of the Ancient Egyptians throughout its very long history, nor does it reflect the rituals/festivals calendar of any group in operation today.
		Feast of Thoth, Opet Festival: marriage of Wasir & Aset (Isis & Osiris)
		Festival for Serquet (Selket); Ceremony of Thehuti (Thoth)
	showcase.netins.net /web/ankh/calendar1.html (920 words)

	Luxor Temple
		Many festivals were held at Luxor but probably the most significant was the annual Opet festival.
		This festival, during which Amun, Mut, and Khons emerged from Karnak (Ipet-Issut) and travelled, by elaborately ornamented barques, publicly down the avenue of sphinxes to Luxor Temple (Ipet-resyt), was held annually at the time of the Nile's highest flood.
		Moreover, a living, breathing memory of Amun and the Opet festival is celebrated each year at the feast of al-Haggag, when a procession of boats enlivens the temple and mosque.
	www.abrock.com /ancientEgypt/Egyptweb1/luxor.html (720 words)

	The New Kingdom continued to develop the process by which political; reaality and necessity was totally intermeshed ...
		Many festivals included such parades and sometimes the king himself.
		The core of the festival was an unusually long process from Karnak to the Luxor Temple (3 kms.) either by land or later by river.
		In the Opet festival the king entered the innermost shrine and transformed into his ka - the royal life-force that was passed eternally through the divine renewal to each successive king, linking them all with their most distant divine kingly ancestors in an unending divine line of supernatural force.
	www.unm.edu /~gbawden/328-egking3/328-egking3.htm (1340 words)

	Precinct of Amun-Re - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The area is not closed, as the temples of Khons and Opet both lay in this corner and are open to the public, though both are rarely visited considering the immense number of tourists coming to Karnak.
		Between the sanctuary and the festival hall is an open space, and this is thought to be where the original Middle Kingdom shrines and temples were located, before their later dismantling.
		It was originally built to celebrate the jubilee (Hed-Sed) of Thutmose III, and later became used as part of the annual Opet Festival.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Precinct_of_Amun-Re (1438 words)

	Amun
		This growth was accelerated when Amenemhet I took control of the thrown at Thebes, and founded the 12th Dynasty.
		However, the apex of his worship probably occurred during the New Kingdom onward at Thebes, where the important Opet festival was dedicated to Amun.
		During the Opet festival, the statue of Amun was conveyed by boat from the temple of Karnak to Luxor in order to celebrate Amun's marriage to Mut in his aspect of Ka-mut-ef (literally, "bull of his mother").
	www.crystalinks.com /amun.html (1407 words)

	Festivals
		Each month had three weeks of ten days each, on which the tenth (and later also the ninth) was a day of rest.
		Festival of the Coronation of the Sacred Falcon (Edfu)
		Festival of the Return of the Wandering Goddess*
	www.hethert.org /festivals.htm (176 words)

	Ancient Egyptian Festivals - EgyptSearch Forums
		Certain festivals could be dedication to neters[deities],communicating with one's ancestors.or celebrating the various Spring festivals.
		In Egypt today the Great Feast of the Valley and Opet festival is still praticed in rural areas under the mouled of Abu'l Hagag.
		This festival survives in the Sufi mouled dedicated to a sufi saint.
	www.egyptsearch.com /forums/Forum8/HTML/000517.html (367 words)

	July 2001 Romance Calendar - Independence Day, Bastille Day, Bachelor Festival, Patron Saint of Bachelors, Singing ...
		The Bon festival is a Buddhist celebration for ancestral spirits returning to their homes at this time of the year.
		Annual Festival of Lovers in Egypt that celebrates the marriage of the mother goddess Isis to the god Osiris.
		According to ancient Egyptian scriptures, Isis gave life to all, and the marriage to Osiris (by necessity, her son) is part of the miraculous cycle of death and rebirth.
	www.me2u.com /LoveLore/Calendar/july.tmpl (2401 words)

	LUXOR TEMPLE
		The Opet festival was celebrated in the second month of the inundation season of Akhet (August).
		The Opet procession is the theme of the decoration.
		These chambers may have been where the barque and statue of the king were housed during the Opet Festival.
	gtae.users.btopenworld.com /luxor.htm (723 words)

	Ellie's Journey to Egypt - Temple of Luxor
		During the 18th Dynasty the festival lasted eleven days, but had grown to twenty-seven days by the reign of Ramesses III in the 20th Dynasty.
		During the festival the people were allowed to ask favors of the statues of the kings or to the images of the gods that were on the barges.
		The festival was the backbone of the Pharaoh's government.
	www.crystalinks.com /egyptripluxor.html (1614 words)

	Luxor Temple (BiblePlaces.com)
		The Luxor Temple was the site of the Festival of Opet which is beautifully depicted on the western wall of the court.
		In the Old Kingdom period this festival lasted 14 days, and by the New Kingdom the feast lasted 22-23 days.
		The Temple of Luxor (Tour Egypt) Describes the festival of Opet that used to take place at the temple.
	www.bibleplaces.com /luxortemple.htm (440 words)

	Bringing Back ,THUYU The Kings Concubine.
		Her work would have mean that she was in charge of the KIngs wifes that was placed in Amun´s harim.(The King was Amun reincarnated during the OPET festival) The Harim of Amun would have been crowded with Priestesses of Amun, I bet one of their highest goal would be to be a wife of Amun.
		Hundreds of women complaining and wanting to be placed in better quarters or having an opurtunity to meet the KIng at the next Opet festival....Oh, that Harim would be filled with scheming beatiful ladies.
		This was suitable, since her husband was High Priest of MIN.And the temple was placed In the NOme AKHIM where Thuyu and YUYA are belived to come from.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Sparta/6954/thuyu.html (989 words)

	Rote Kapelle Block Südseite
		This page shows several quartzite blocks which depict barque shrines (= way-stations) built between Karnak- and Luxor-Temple.
		Hatshepsut had built totally six way-stations which served during the Opet procession as a resting place of the holy barque of Amun and a place for purification rites.
		Thereby, the route from Karnak- to Luxor-Temple on the east bank had been fixed for the following decades.
	www.maat-ka-ra.de /english/bauwerke/red_chap/rd_wegestationen.htm (393 words)

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