The Abydos Descriptive history 2

The Abydos Descriptive history 3

Egypt Abydos reliefs in the temple, the god Horus and the king, Seti

The ending Dynasties

The twelfth

dynasty

 marked the beginning of a long period of increased development in the site, starting with the huge tomb that was cut in the rock by Senusret III. The eighteenth

dynasty

 began with Thutmose III builtding a far larger Temple, about 130 feet by 200 feet. He made also a processional way past the side of the Temple to the cemetery beyond, with a Great gateway of granite. During the nineteenth

dynasty

 Seti I built a Great new Temple to the south of the town. This is the building known as the Great Temple of Abydos. Its principal purpose was the worshiping the early kings, whose cemetery lies to its rear. The Great Temple a chronological list of the pharaohs. The Temple was originally 550 feet long, but the forecourts are scarcely recognizable, and the part in good state is about 250 feet long and 350 feet wide, including the wing at the side. Both Rameses II and Merneptah added to the tomb. Rameses II completed the construction and built a smaller Temple of his own, simpler in design and scope, but containing many significant historical accounts on its walls. Merneptah added what is known as the Hypogeum of Osiris, connected to Seti I's Temple by large chambers. In the Hypogeum, the Osiris mystery rituals were practiced. Rameses III added a large building; and Ahmose II in the twenty-sixth

dynasty

 rebuilt the Temple again, and placed in it a large monolith shrine of red granite, finely wrought. The foundations of the successive temples were comprised within about an 18-foot depth of ruins; these needed the closest examination to discriminate the various buildings, and were recorded by over 4,000 measurements and 1,000 levelings. The last buildings to be erected in The Temple of Abydos were constructed under the reign of Nectanebo I during the thirtieth

dynasty

. After that the city seemingly lost its importance as a pilgrimage and funeral site as the

Egypt

ian Empire declined.

Egypt Abydos Temple 76 kings and gods, fro Menes to Seti I 1

Egypt Abydos Temple 76 kings and gods, fro Menes to Seti I 2

Egypt Abydos Temple 76 kings and gods, fro Menes to Seti I 3

Egypt Abydos Temple 76 kings and gods, fro Menes to Seti I 4

Egypt Abydos Temple blessings of the god Amun

Egypt Abydos Temple long Feet

Egypt Abydos Temple Offerings of perfume, lotus flowers, and other gifts

Egypt Abydos Temple Offerings to Horus and Amun

Egypt Abydos Temple offerings to the god Anubis by the king in the sanctuary

Egypt Abydos Temple Rameses lassoing a bull, in the Hall of the Bull, Suite of Osiris

Egypt Abydos Temple Receiving gifts from the god Horus and Isis

Egypt Abydos Temple Seti I

Egypt Abydos Temple seti I making offerings of a gold necklace

Egypt Abydos Temple The first hypostyle hall, and the inner columned hall 1

Egypt Abydos Temple The first hypostyle hall, and the inner columned hall 2

Egypt Abydos Temple the heads of the statues in the inner sanctuary of Seti I

Egypt Abydos Temple The king, in the dress of Amun, receiving blessings

Egypt Abydos Temple the king in the arms of Hathor, Seti offering to the gods 1

Egypt Abydos Temple The scorched ceiling and defaced inscriptions in the columned hall

Egypt Abydos The mysterious hieroglyphs in Temple of Seti I

Egypt The facade of the temple of Seti, Abydos