Wednesday, October 25, 2017

The Osireion - The Central Hall and related annexes .. Part ( 6 )

The Central Hall
From the First Transverse Chamber a short passage leads eastward into the grand imposing Central Hall of the Cenotaph . This is a three-aisled chamber, 100 feet by 65 feet, surrounded by seventeen small cells, of which one, the middle one of the end wall, has been pierced to give access to a further transverse chamber .

Sunday, October 22, 2017

The Osireion - The West Section .. Part ( 5 )

About the Site
Behind the temple of Seti I, and at a distance of only 26 feet from its wall behind the seven sanctuaries and Osiris chambers, lies a very remarkable building, which was discovered in 1902-3 by Prof. Margaret Alice Murray and Sir Flinders Petrie, partly excavated in 1911-1914 by Dr. Henri Édouard Naville, for the Egypt Exploration Society, and in 1925-1926 by Dr. Henri Frankfort, for the same society .

Sunday, October 8, 2017

The Temple of Ramses II at Abydos ( Part 4 )

The richness and beauty of the temple
The temple of Ramses II, which was erected early in that king's reign, lies a short distance to the north-west of that of Seti I .