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"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. This lavish volume, the first of two documenting their results, is presented in two parts ('Part 1: Exterior Walls and Courts' and 'Part 2: Chapels and First Pylon') is the first of two volumes documenting their results. It presents more than two hundred detailed line drawings-accurately rendered according to modern epigraphical standards-of the temple's carved relief scenes, placed alongside their corresponding full-color photographs. The result is a masterpiece of modern epigraphic research and publication. Volume 1 consists of of two books, with a total of over 400 illustrations and Preface. Volume 2, ""Pillars, Miscellany, and Inscriptions"", contains additional elements of the temple, as well as translations of the inscriptions found in the temple."

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Author:   Sameh Iskander ,  Ogden Goelet
Publisher:   Lockwood Press
Imprint:   Lockwood Press
Dimensions:   Width: 44.00cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 28.50cm
Weight:   5.000kg
ISBN:  

9781937040369

ISBN 10:   1937040364
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   30 September 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Part One: Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Maps Exterior Walls             West Wall North Wall             South Wall             East Wall Courts             Court A             Court B             Court C Part Two: Chapels             Chapel H             Chapel G             Chapel I             Chapel J             Chapel K             Chapel L             Chapel M             Chapel E             Chapel D             Chapel F             Chapel S             Chapel R             Chapel Q             Chapel P             Chapel N             Chapel O             Chapel X    First Pylon Key to the Plates    

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Dr. Sameh Iskander is a Visiting Scholar at New York University. He is also co-director of the of the New York University project on the Ramesses II temple in Abydos. Dr. Ogden Goelet is a research associate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University and co-director of the New York University project on the Ramesses II temple in Abydos.    

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