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The Temple of Ramesses II in Abydos, Volume 1 Wall Scenes (Parts 1 and 2) - Part 1, Exterior Walls and Courts; Part 2, Chapels and First Pylon (Hardcover)
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The Temple of Ramesses II in Abydos, Volume 1 Wall Scenes (Parts 1 and 2) - Part 1, Exterior Walls and Courts; Part 2, Chapels and First Pylon (Hardcover)
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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 monuments, 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. Over
a seven-year period, the authors of The Temple of Ramesses II in
Abydos conducted a field project with the aim of producing an
up-to-date and comprehensive architectural, photographic, and
epigraphic record of the temple. This lavish volume, the first of
two documenting their results, is presented in two parts ('Part 1:
Exterior Walls and Courts' and 'Part 2: Chapels and First Pylon')
is the first of two volumes documenting their results. It presents
more than two hundred detailed line drawings-accurately rendered
according to modern epigraphical standards-of the temple's carved
relief scenes, placed alongside their corresponding full-color
photographs. The result is a masterpiece of modern epigraphic
research and publication. Volume 2, "Pillars, Miscellany, and
Inscriptions", will contain additional elements of the temple, as
well as translations of the inscriptions found in the temple.
Volume 1 consists of of two books, with a total of over 400
illustrations and Preface. Volume 2 will include a further 270
illustrations.
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