TY - BOOK ID - 4889910 TI - The Temple of Ramesses II in Abydos AU - Iskander, Sameh AU - Goelet, Ogden PY - 2015 SN - 9781937040383 9781937040369 1937040364 9781937040376 9781948488785 194848899X 1948488795 9781948488792 1948488787 1937040372 9781948488891 PB - Atlanta : Lockwood, DB - UniCat KW - Relief (Sculpture), Egyptian KW - Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian KW - Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic. KW - Temples KW - Relief (Sculpture) égyptien KW - Peinture et décoration murales égyptiennes KW - Inscriptions hiéroglyphiques KW - Ramses KW - Abydos (Egypt : Extinct city) KW - Abydos (Egypte : Ville ancienne) KW - Relief (Sculpture) égyptien KW - Peinture et décoration murales égyptiennes KW - Inscriptions hiéroglyphiques KW - Inscriptions, Egyptian KW - Doorways KW - Demotic inscriptions KW - Egyptian inscriptions KW - Egyptian language KW - Hieratic inscriptions KW - Hieroglyphic inscriptions (Egyptian) KW - Inscriptions, Demotic KW - Inscriptions, Hieratic KW - Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic (Egyptian) KW - Egyptian relief (Sculpture) KW - Portals KW - Architecture KW - Doors KW - Porches KW - Church architecture KW - Religious institutions KW - Details KW - Egypt KW - Antiquities KW - Ramses - II, - King of Egypt KW - Religious architecture UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4889910 AB - 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, 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. Building on the comprehensive photographic and epigraphic documentation of the temple presented in The Temple of Ramesses II at Abydos volumes 1 (Wall Scenes) and 2 (Pillars, Niches, and Miscellanea), volume 3 (Architectural and Inscriptional Features) offers a detailed analysis of the overall architectural layout and decorative program of the temple and its symbolism. This discussion approaches the religious history of the site through its archaeology, its inscriptions-both planned and secondary (graffiti)-and its situation in the complex religious landscape of Abydos. Of particular interest are the temple's role as a staging point for the great Osiris Festival and its procession, among the most important of all ritual events in the Egyptian religious calendar during the Ramesside period; the promotion of an active, unbound form of Osiris; and the evidence for important cult activities that took place on the rooftop of the temple, the presence of which is documented today by the staircase that accessed it from Court B. ER -