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Author : David O'Connor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0500390304
"O'Connor presents the rich fruits of his long labors in this volume certain to appeal to scholars and Egyptophiles alike."--KMT
Author : Laurel Bestock
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Abydos (Egypt : Extinct city)
ISBN : 3447058382
Two of the most characteristic aspects of ancient Egyptian culture - kingship and a great attention to death - were present from a very early age. The first kings to rule all of Egypt came to power in approximately 3000 B.C., and the same kings were the first to have monumental tombs and funerary temples built. These early royal mortuary temples in particular are quite enigmatic, but the recent discovery of two previously unknown monuments at the site of Abydos is shedding new light on their development and use. Most surprisingly these temples are from the same reign, suggesting that members of the royal family in addition to the king might have received funerary cult in the early First Dynasty. This study documents the excavation of these two temples, their provision for the dedication of offerings, and the sacrificial burials that surrounded them. It sets these monuments within the framework of the rise of Egyptian kingship and cult, examining both continuities and innovations in royal mortuary practice during this formative period of Egyptian civilization.
Author : George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590190635
Author : William Matthew Flinders Petrie,A. E. Weigall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108061292
Published in 1902, this highly illustrated report documents the archaeological excavations at one of ancient Egypt's most sacred sites.
Author : Edward Russell Ayrton,C. T. Currelly,A. E. Weigall,A. H. Gardiner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108068406
Published in 1904, this highly illustrated report documents the continued archaeological excavations at one of ancient Egypt's most sacred sites.
Author : Ogden Goelet,Sameh Iskander
Publisher : Lockwood Press
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781948488990
Of all the enormous monuments throughout Egypt and Nubia that Ramesses II (the Great; ca. 1279-1212 BCE) left behind, his temple at Abydos, built early in his reign, stands as one of his most elegant, with its simple architectural layout and dramatic and graceful painted relief scenes. Though best known for its dramatic reliefs depicting the battle of Kadesh, the temple also offers a wealth of information about religious and social life in ancient Egypt. It reflects, for example, the strenuous efforts of the early Ramessides to reestablish the Osiris cult in Egypt-and particularly at Abydos-in the aftermath of the Amarna period. Building on the comprehensive photographic and epigraphic documentation of the temple presented in The Temple of Ramesses II at Abydos volumes 1 (Wall Scenes) and 2 (Pillars, Niches, and Miscellanea), volume 3 (Architectural and Inscriptional Features) offers a detailed analysis of the overall architectural layout and decorative program of the temple and its symbolism. This discussion approaches the religious history of the site through its archaeology, its inscriptions-both planned and secondary (graffiti)-and its situation in the complex religious landscape of Abydos. Of particular interest are the temple's role as a staging point for the great Osiris Festival and its procession, among the most important of all ritual events in the Egyptian religious calendar during the Ramesside period; the promotion of an active, unbound form of Osiris; and the evidence for important cult activities that took place on the rooftop of the temple, the presence of which is documented today by the staircase that accessed it from Court B.
Author : Édouard Naville,T. Eric Peet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108061315
A one-volume reissue of three excavation reports, first published 1913-14, relating to the necropolis at Abydos in Egypt.
Author : Lee Young
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781649030511
The first book to reveal the private life of an Englishwoman whose contribution to the recording of Egypt’s ancient past has long been overlooked An Artist in Abydos is the first book to recognize Broome’s great contribution to the work done during this golden age of excavation in Upper Egypt. In this remarkable account, Lee Young tells the story of Myrtle Broome, who died in 1978, largely through her letters. An only child and a prolific writer, Broome wanted her parents to know every facet of her life in Egypt. Her frequent letters to them vividly capture life in the villages, the traditions of the local people, the work of artisans, such as weaving and pot-making, and festivals, ceremonies, and music. In fascinating detail, the letters also depict Broome’s living conditions providing us with a personal account of what it was like to be an English, working woman living abroad in Egypt in the 1930s. Myrtle Florence Broome was born in 1888 to artistically inclined middle-class parents in the district of Holborn in London. Between 1911 and 1913, she studied at University College London under the legendary Sir William Petrie. In 1927 she was invited to join the excavations at Qau el-Kebir as an artist for the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, later traveling, in 1929, to work at the now famous Seti Temple in Abydos for the Egypt Exploration Society. Broome spent eight seasons there, copying the painted scenes in the Temple. Regarded then as one of the greatest copyists working in Egypt, she left invaluable renditions of some of ancient Egypt’s most beautiful monuments. An Artist in Abydos is an important book celebrating the contributions of an under-recognized woman artist during the golden age of excavation in Egypt.
Author : George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWNZGQ
Author : John Norman
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480499485
On a primitive planet, the missing link may be the aliens living there in this novel of discovery and danger from the author of the Gorean Saga. In a far-off future, two anthropologists—gross, powerful, dissolute Emilio Rodriguez, and aspiring, young, naïve Allan Brenner, who, unbeknownst to himself, carries ancient genes of a sort no longer welcome on Home World—have been assigned to conduct a study on Abydos, a deeply forested wilderness planet of little note whose only evidence of civilization is a single enclave: small, rough, dingy Company Station, a fueling station occasionally utilized by star freighters. Within the forest, some days from Company Station, are the Pons, a group of small, simian‑type organisms that seem near the crossroads between animal and rational creature, between nature and culture. They would appear to constitute an ideal object of study with respect to the origins and foundations of civilization. How it came about, so to speak, that something once emerged from the lair, or cave, that was so radically different? What lies at the beginning? The results of the study have already been politically prescribed on Home World, that the Pons are to shed light on humanity, that it is, in its original and unspoiled nature, polite, sweet, kind, deferent, diffident, social, noncompetitive, and innocent. Both Rodriguez and Brenner have a trait in common, however, which may explain why they have been sent—exiled, in a sense—to such an out‑of‑the‑way locale. Both seek the truth. They enter the forest.
Author : George Gordon Byron Byron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10745331
Author : Richard Trout
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1455604038
"An engaging, action-packed and memorable techno/thriller for young readers." -- Midwest Book Review "[Makes] important political and environmental statements as well as providing pure entertainment." -- KLIATT "Most young readers would like to follow the MacGregors into these exotic lands and adventures." -- Sunday Oklahoman A quaint shop in the heart of old Cairo, a lost subterranean chamber, or even Seti's exquisite temple may give up the clue that will solve the mystery of the Falcon of Abydos, the sky god. Just when Egyptologists believe that the last of the great discoveries have been made, the MacGregor family unveils a secret that could lead to a major war and forever change the history of Egypt. While Dr. Jack MacGregor is attending classes and speaking about environmental problems at an international summit, wife Mavis, sons Chris, 17, and Ryan, 12, and daughter Heather, 14, set out to discover what secrets the Sahara holds. They encounter old and new enemies, including a man out for revenge, Egyptian mobsters who may have ties to terrorists, and former Russian secret police trying to steal high-tech weapons. In this third book in the MacGregor Family Adventure Series, Richard Trout has once again devised a "techno-thriller" story that will keep young readers reaching for their flashlights as they find themselves caught in the dark among the tombs of ancient pharaohs.
Author : William DIMOND
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017077518
Author : Table of ABYDOS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024592823