Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Detailed description and hieroglyphic texts of the first discoveries of the Osireion – The South Chamber .. Part ( 7 )

The South Chamber
The chamber south of the Great Hall is sculptured on the east, south, and west walls with the 168th chapter of the " Book of the Dead " . At first sight the arrangement appears confused, but a closer examination shows a very definite order .

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 .