Image Abydos Osireion Overview 5389EG07JHP 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 Osireion Overview 5389EG07JHP Abydos Egypt Temple Osireion Granite Blocks flooded Hall water underground at the rear of 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 with additions by Ramses 11. The photograph illustrates the Osireion, a cenotaph to Sety, completed by Merenptah but also a symbolic tomb for the God Osiris. This is now open to the air and is partly submerged but still its awesome size can still be appreciated with its megalithic granite blocks similar in appearance to the Valley Temple at Giza. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, overview, highview, granite, sandstone, blocks, huge, Cenotaph, Tomb, Osiris, megalithic, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Merneptah, Merenptah, court, flooded, water, table, island, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, prehistory, prehistoric, dynastic, temples, God, necropolis, cult, Khentiamentiu, mortuary, sunlight
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Abydos Osireion Overview 5389EG07JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-20 10:35:40
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Abydos Egypt Temple Osireion Granite Blocks flooded Hall water underground

at the rear of 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 with additions by Ramses 11. The photograph illustrates the Osireion, a cenotaph to Sety, completed by Merenptah but also a symbolic tomb for the God Osiris. This is now open to the air and is partly submerged but still its awesome size can still be appreciated with its megalithic granite blocks similar in appearance to the Valley Temple at Giza.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, overview, highview, granite, sandstone, blocks, huge, Cenotaph, Tomb, Osiris, megalithic, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Merneptah, Merenptah, court, flooded, water, table, island, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, prehistory, prehistoric, dynastic, temples, God, necropolis, cult, Khentiamentiu, mortuary, sunlight