Temple of Abydos
No other temple in Egypt has such amazingly vivid colors like the temple of Seti 1st at Abydos it also has one of the most important king lists engraved on it's walls
the front
This temple has been built by seti 1st then his son Ramsess 2nd added the outer part of it
so the front has been added by Ramses 2nd on the remaining walls of the first court you can see scenes of his battle
God Osiris sanctuary
There are 7 sanctuaries in this temple . the biggest is dedicated to the god Osiris , god of dead , to who the temple is dedicated .
The sanctuary of Amon- Re
Here you see the king Seti 1 st is burning incense and making offering in front of the boat of the god Amon -Re with the ram head on both sides of the boat - symbol of god Amon - .
The kings list
The kings list begins with Narmer and containing 76 names till Seti 1 st . it ignores the names of some kings such as Akhenaton , Tutankhamon & Hatshepsut
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The Osiren
This part has been built by Merenptah son of Ramsess 2nd , built completely from granite , in ancient time they believed that in this site was buried the head of god Osiris
kings used to perform pilgrimage to this site
between 1910-1920 lots of restorations had been done in the temple
here are some photos which had been taken during the restoration process .
