NMC103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ramesseum, Mitanni, Opet Festival
18 May 2016
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A mix of representations: various aspects of the same deity. In different cultic centres different versions of the same creation myth. Personify aspects of chaos our god before your god. Also (late) myth of celestial cow goddess neith. New kingdom - karnak exploding mentuhotep was the local ruler. Annual procession along the way to the luxor temple from karnak. In some of the temple representation of opet festival. Great hypotsy hall of karnak largest hall. No longer attached to burial place as in ok and mk. Scribal school existed her in the later nk. First temple by hatepshut and thutmose 3. Deir al medine moved here in late dyn 20. God"s wives of amun buried in courtyard dyn 25-26. Temple and osireion of seti 1 at abydos (dyn 19) Temple for himself and a for chief dieties of the the time. Important each wall same sequence of scenes ritual that happened in every temple of egypt in nk.
