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The Temple of Ramesses II in Abydos Volume 3 - Architectural and Inscriptional Features (Hardcover): Sameh Iskander, Ogden... The Temple of Ramesses II in Abydos Volume 3 - Architectural and Inscriptional Features (Hardcover)
Sameh Iskander, Ogden Goelet
R5,241 Discovery Miles 52 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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 programme of the temple and its symbolism. 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. 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.

The Temple of Ramesses II in Abydos (Volume 2) - Pillars, Niches and Miscellanea (Hardcover): Sameh Iskander, Ogden Goelet The Temple of Ramesses II in Abydos (Volume 2) - Pillars, Niches and Miscellanea (Hardcover)
Sameh Iskander, Ogden Goelet
R4,727 Discovery Miles 47 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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. The result is a masterpiece of modern epigraphic research and publication.This volume - Volume 2, Pillars, Niches and Miscellaea - is the second of two volumes documenting their results. It presents more than two hundred illustrations including detailed line drawings - accurately rendered according to modern epigraphical standards - of elements of the temple as well as translations of the inscriptions found in the temple. .

The Restoration of Sunnism - The Early History of Islamic Law Schools and the Professoriate in Egypt, 495-647/1101-1249... The Restoration of Sunnism - The Early History of Islamic Law Schools and the Professoriate in Egypt, 495-647/1101-1249 (Hardcover)
Sameh Iskander, Ogden Goelet
R1,423 R1,350 Discovery Miles 13 500 Save R73 (5%) Out of stock
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