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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 Temple Helicopter Lintel 5347EG07JHP Abydos Temple mystery Egyptian UFO carvings hypostyle hall palimpsest lintel in the 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 is The Temple of Seti/Sety 1 and added to by Ramses 11 particularly the courts and the portico viewed from this spot. In the entrance hyspostyle hall is a famous lintel on which some fascinating carvings appear to suggest modern military equipment such as an attack helicopter, tank, submarine but these are caused by superimpositions of different layers of plaster and carvings called palimpsest. Keywords: entrance, lintel palimpsest relief deep-cut overlays UFO helicopter submarine flying saucer jet plane heiroglyphic landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, temple, cult, Khentiamentiu, Osiris, Isis, King, Aha, 1st, mortuary, shrine, approach, entrance, pylon, court, first, hypostyle, painted, door, Ramses
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Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Abydos Temple Helicopter Lintel 5347EG07JHP
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Abydos Temple mystery Egyptian UFO carvings hypostyle hall palimpsest lintel

in the 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 is The Temple of Seti/Sety 1 and added to by Ramses 11 particularly the courts and the portico viewed from this spot. In the entrance hyspostyle hall is a famous lintel on which some fascinating carvings appear to suggest modern military equipment such as an attack helicopter, tank, submarine but these are caused by superimpositions of different layers of plaster and carvings called palimpsest.
Keywords: entrance, lintel palimpsest relief deep-cut overlays UFO helicopter submarine flying saucer jet plane heiroglyphic landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, temple, cult, Khentiamentiu, Osiris, Isis, King, Aha, 1st, mortuary, shrine, approach, entrance, pylon, court, first, hypostyle, painted, door, Ramses