The story of Amun’s rise to supremacy over the Egyptian pantheon is inseparable from the story of how Thebes rose from an insignificant speck on the map to the spiritual center of the Egyptian universe.
This account of the ascent of Thebes and the god Amun sets the background for a series that will investigate an order of female pontiffs called the God’s Wives of Amun and how these tributaries converge into the ethos, or pathos, of the Heretic King, Akhenaten.
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Tags: Ahhotep I, Ahmose I, Amun, Apepi, Avaris, Eleventh Dynasty, Fifteenth Dynasty, First Intermediate Period, Gods Wife of Amun, Herakleopolis, Hyksos, Intef II, Kamose, Karnak, Khamudi, Mentuhotep II, Middle Kingdom Period, Montu, New Kingdom, Second Intermediate Period, Seqenenre Tao II, Sixteenth Dynasty, Thebes, Thirteenth Dynasty, Tjaru
Edfu is most often associated with the Temple of Horus built there during the Ptolemaic Period, but the Tell Edfu Project, directed by the Oriental Institute’s Dr. Nadine Moeller, is literally uncovering a much older story. Ancient Edfu was a persistent city that took a two-fisted approach to adversity and not only survived the first two Intermediate Periods, but flourished.
In Edfu Part One: Ancient Djeba we will look at the history of this ancient mid-sized town that shattered the myth of Egypt being a “civilization without cities.”
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Tags: Djeba, Djedkare, Edfu, Fifth Dynasty, First Intermediate Period, Harsomtus, Hathor, Henri Henne, Horus, Isi of Edfu, Middle Kingdom Period, Nadine Moeller, Old Kingdom, Oriental Institute, Osiris Chapel at Edfu, Psamtik I, Ptolemaic Dynasty, Second Intermediate Period, Seventeenth Dynasty, Sixth Dynasty, Tell Edfu, Tell Edfu Project, Temple of Horus at Edfu, Teti, Thebes, Thirteenth Dynasty, Twelfth Dynasty, Unas, Wetjeset-Hor
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Tags: Amenemhat VI, Amenemhet V, Amenemhet VII, Amenemhet-senebef, Ay I, Dedumes I, Hor I, Hor II, Hori, Iaib, Ibi II, Imira-mesha, Ined, Intef IV, Inyotef IV, Iufeni, Iufni, Khendjer, Mentuemsaf, Mentuhotep V, Merikare, Merkheperre, Merneferre Ay, Montuhotep V, Nedjemibre, Neferhotep I, Neferhotep II, Neferhotep III, Reniseneb, Saite Faction, Second Intermediate Period, Sehetepibre I, Sehetepibre II, Sekhanre I, Sekhemre-Khutawi, Semenkare, Senebmiu, Senwosret IV, Seth, Sewadjkare, Sewadjtu, Sihathor, Sobekhotep I, Sobekhotep II, Sobekhotep III, Sobekhotep IV, Sobekhotep V, Sobekhotep VI, Sobekhotep VII, Sobekhotep VIII, Sweadjkare, Thebes, Thirteenth Dynasty, Wegaf
