Egypt
- Photo For Today - Temple Of Kalabsha
The deity Mandulis/Merwel with lotus flowers. Mandulis was a Lower Nubian deity often associated with Horus. Here he is shown in the form of a falcon with a human head, with his elaborate crown. Hypostyle Hall, New Kalabsha. Egyptology News Blog, Andie...
- Photo For Today - Temple Of Kalabsha
Entrance to the hypostyle hall and open court The scene below is one of several carved into one of the four panels to the side of the entrance to the hypostyle hall, one of which can be seen in the above photograph to the left of the entrance. This one...
- 4th Stage Of Project On Discovering Route Of Luxor's Rams Road Kicks Off
http://tinyurl.com/32yh32 (sis.gov.eg) Zahi Hawwas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said on 16/5/2007 that the fourth stage of a project on discovering the route of the Road of Rams at Luxor kicked off. The Rams Road is...
- More Secrets From Karnak
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/747/he1.htm As usual, Nevine El-Aref does justice to a new discovery in a detailed and articulate feature in Al Ahram Weekly: "Last week, during the annual inspection tour carried out by the Supreme Council of Antiquities...
- Another Sekhmet Statue Found
Archaeologists working for the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) in the temple of Mut 's second hall at Karnak have discovered a standing statue of the fierce lioness Goddess Sekhmet. The find is unusual as archaeologists working...
Egypt
Daily Photo - Karnak
Fred Sierevogel sent me this photograph and asked me to identify it, but I'm afraid I cannot be of much help. The statue is located in the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak and shows the deity Amun accompanied by a second figure whose head is missing.
I cannot find out if the statue is contemporary with the Hypostyle Hall or was placed there at a later stage. Nor can I find out for sure if there are any inscriptions on it. I've looked at all my books and had a hunt around the web but I've found nothing conclusive. It is all too easy to eat up the hours trying to find out this sort of information! If anyone has any useful information on the subject I'll update this post.
I really need to get back to Luxor in the next year or so and spend some serious time at Karnak!
I cannot find out if the statue is contemporary with the Hypostyle Hall or was placed there at a later stage. Nor can I find out for sure if there are any inscriptions on it. I've looked at all my books and had a hunt around the web but I've found nothing conclusive. It is all too easy to eat up the hours trying to find out this sort of information! If anyone has any useful information on the subject I'll update this post.
I really need to get back to Luxor in the next year or so and spend some serious time at Karnak!
- Photo For Today - Temple Of Kalabsha
The deity Mandulis/Merwel with lotus flowers. Mandulis was a Lower Nubian deity often associated with Horus. Here he is shown in the form of a falcon with a human head, with his elaborate crown. Hypostyle Hall, New Kalabsha. Egyptology News Blog, Andie...
- Photo For Today - Temple Of Kalabsha
Entrance to the hypostyle hall and open court The scene below is one of several carved into one of the four panels to the side of the entrance to the hypostyle hall, one of which can be seen in the above photograph to the left of the entrance. This one...
- 4th Stage Of Project On Discovering Route Of Luxor's Rams Road Kicks Off
http://tinyurl.com/32yh32 (sis.gov.eg) Zahi Hawwas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said on 16/5/2007 that the fourth stage of a project on discovering the route of the Road of Rams at Luxor kicked off. The Rams Road is...
- More Secrets From Karnak
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/747/he1.htm As usual, Nevine El-Aref does justice to a new discovery in a detailed and articulate feature in Al Ahram Weekly: "Last week, during the annual inspection tour carried out by the Supreme Council of Antiquities...
- Another Sekhmet Statue Found
Archaeologists working for the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) in the temple of Mut 's second hall at Karnak have discovered a standing statue of the fierce lioness Goddess Sekhmet. The find is unusual as archaeologists working...