Image Abydos Hall of Ancestors 5366EG07JHP by Jim Henderson

 
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Images of two important sites north of Luxor near the River Nile but usually visted as an extra tour either by road or a day cruise.
Abydos Hall of Ancestors 5366EG07JHP Abydos Temple Corridor Kings Lists History Ancient Egypt wall reliefs in the largest royal monument built in white limestone, situated at the most important and one of the oldest necropolis of ancient Egypt is the home of Osiris and the Temple of Seti/Sety 1 and added to by Ramses 11. The photograph illustrates the king-lists in the Hall of Ancestors in which Sety and his eldest son, the later Ramses 11 offer a list of their predecessors to the Gods although not completely accurate. Also known as the Corridor of Bulls this passage leads to the outside of the temple to the Osirieon, a cenotaph to Sety, completed by Merenptah. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, hieroglyphs, hall, ancestors, bulls, door, king-lists, corridor, approach, Abedju, al-Madfunah, al-Ballyana, digital, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, prehistory, prehistoric, dynastic, God, necropolis, cult, Khentiamentiu, Osiris, Isis
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Abydos Hall of Ancestors 5366EG07JHP
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Abydos Temple Corridor Kings Lists History Ancient Egypt wall reliefs

in the largest royal monument built in white limestone, situated at the most important and one of the oldest necropolis of ancient Egypt is the home of Osiris and the Temple of Seti/Sety 1 and added to by Ramses 11. The photograph illustrates the king-lists in the Hall of Ancestors in which Sety and his eldest son, the later Ramses 11 offer a list of their predecessors to the Gods although not completely accurate. Also known as the Corridor of Bulls this passage leads to the outside of the temple to the Osirieon, a cenotaph to Sety, completed by Merenptah.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, hieroglyphs, hall, ancestors, bulls, door, king-lists, corridor, approach, Abedju, al-Madfunah, al-Ballyana, digital, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, prehistory, prehistoric, dynastic, God, necropolis, cult, Khentiamentiu, Osiris, Isis