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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.
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. .
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