Egypt
- Object Biography #3: A Female Figurine From The ‘magician’s Tomb’
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) With photos. An extraordinary object. This wooden figurine (20.2 cm high) is among Manchester Museum’s most discussed Egyptian objects. It represents a naked female, with the face of a lion and...
- Photo For Today - Gerf Hussein Temple
Gerf Hussein temple, originally Per Ptah (the House of Ptah), was built in the name of Ramesses II by Setau (the Viceroy of Kush, who was also responsible for the Wadi es-Sebua temple to the south). This free-standing section is in fact only part of...
- Sun Shines On Ramses Ii At Abu Simbel
About Egypt The first rays of the morning sun lit up the the statue of pharaoh Ramses II at his temple in Abu Simbel in southern Egypt, a phenomenon that occurs only twice a year. The sun began to enter the temple at 0555 local time (02.55 GMT) for 24...
- Face Of Ramses Lights Up Tomorrow
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ "A prominent Egyptian archaeologist has refuted the widely held belief that the sun illuminates the inner sanctum of the main temple at Abu Simbel only on 22 February and 22 October, the birthday and the date of...
- Sad Days For Ramses Ii Temple
Very disturbing article on a temple at Mit Rahina belonging to the god Ptah and built by the nineteenth dynasty pharaoh Ramses II. ...
Egypt
Texts in translation #4: an Akh-iqr-n-Ra stela of Ptah-hesy
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price)
With photos.
With photos.
This is a fine example of a rare type of stela, made to honour the ‘effective spirits of Re’ (Akhw iqr n Ra). Only around 60 are known, and these date exclusively to the later New Kingdom (c. 1295-1069 BC). This limestone example is 29cms in height and was found by W.M.F. Petrie in the first court of the mortuary temple of Merenptah (c. 1213-1203 BC) on the Theban west bank.
The text above the main figure (and recipient of the offerings) reads: "The effective spirit of Re, Ptah-hesy, justified"
Ptah-hesy (‘favoured-of-Ptah’) is shown in the classic pose of the ‘effective spirits’: seated and holding a lotus blossom to his face in one hand. In the other, Ptah-hesy holds an ankh – the sign of ‘life.’
- Object Biography #3: A Female Figurine From The ‘magician’s Tomb’
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) With photos. An extraordinary object. This wooden figurine (20.2 cm high) is among Manchester Museum’s most discussed Egyptian objects. It represents a naked female, with the face of a lion and...
- Photo For Today - Gerf Hussein Temple
Gerf Hussein temple, originally Per Ptah (the House of Ptah), was built in the name of Ramesses II by Setau (the Viceroy of Kush, who was also responsible for the Wadi es-Sebua temple to the south). This free-standing section is in fact only part of...
- Sun Shines On Ramses Ii At Abu Simbel
About Egypt The first rays of the morning sun lit up the the statue of pharaoh Ramses II at his temple in Abu Simbel in southern Egypt, a phenomenon that occurs only twice a year. The sun began to enter the temple at 0555 local time (02.55 GMT) for 24...
- Face Of Ramses Lights Up Tomorrow
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ "A prominent Egyptian archaeologist has refuted the widely held belief that the sun illuminates the inner sanctum of the main temple at Abu Simbel only on 22 February and 22 October, the birthday and the date of...
- Sad Days For Ramses Ii Temple
Very disturbing article on a temple at Mit Rahina belonging to the god Ptah and built by the nineteenth dynasty pharaoh Ramses II. ...