Tamara Clarkes Travel Blog: Excursions in Luxor

Friday 14 December 2012

Excursions in Luxor

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one ruler named Mentuhotep, which means that Montu is met, took the prenomen of Nebhepetre, and it is he who is credited with once family reunification under one ruler of all Egypt and begins the 11th dynasty that Egyptologists call it Middle Kingdom. Nebhepetre reigned in 51 years, and built the temple at Deir el-Bahri, which probably served as the inspiration for the later and larger temple built next to it of Hatshepsut in the 18th Dynasty.
Thebes fell again as political as in the twelfth dynasty Amenemhat decided to move his capital North again to a new place called Itjtawy or Lisht. Although the capital was moved, took a new role as the religious centre of Thebes by the nation, as his God, Amon was promoted to the rank of principal State deity. The oldest still a temple dedicated to Amon date to the reign of Senwosret I in the twelfth dynasty. The core of this building, the Middle Kingdom was located in the heart of the present Temple, behind the sanctuary. The walls were built of limestone, which was later removed for use in other locations. So now there is an empty space between the sanctuary and the Festival hall of Tuthmosis III. But the small so-called "white Chapel" shrine, built of Senwosret I has been rebuilt and stands on the Open-air museum in Karnak.
Peak of Thebes came during the 18th Dynasty. Its temples were the most important and richest in the country, and tombs on the West Bank were among the most luxurious Egypt ever had. In the center of the city during the New Kingdom and later times stretched between two great temples of Karnak and Luxor, along the avenue of sphinxes, attached to them. the area is now almost completely covered by the modern city of Luxor.
The third intermediate period formed the high priest Amon counterweight to 21 and 22 dynasty kings who ruled from the Delta. Thebes political influence has moved only in the period late.
Enjoy toThe main part of the city and most important temples were on the East side. Across the River in the West Bank was the cemetery with tombs and mortuary temples, but also the western part of the city. Deir el-Bahri mortuary temples Nebhepetre Mentuhotep is, and Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III, the Ramesseum Temple of Amun of Ramesses II and other mortuary temples of Seti in Qurna and Amenhotep III with Memnon Colossi. Amenhotep III had his palace in el-Malqata, there and in the Ramessid period, Thebes centered North of there, at Medinet Growl new message notification.
Most of the temples on the West side of the Nile was the royal mortuary temples to maintain cult deceased Kings buried in their graves, carved in the rocks further westward. The most important of these temples at Deir el-Bahri was, the Ramesseum and Medinet Growl new message notification. Mortuary temple of Seti I at Qurna, while only Memnon Colossi and other fragmentary statues now mark the site of the huge Temple of Amenhotep III. Temples dedicated to the deity Hathor, Thoth and Isis, all originate from the Graeco-Roman period, was also built in the area.
The West Bank at Luxor is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. It is much more than what we refer to as the Valley of the Kings, although many have called the entire area with the specified name. Actually there are many good books on the west bank of Luxor (Ancient Thebes) called, "the Valley of the Kings", although they cover the whole area. It can be a little confusing for the inexperienced, especially in view of the actual conceptual scope of the religious concept. If you look at just the Valley of the Kings, you see only the graves but graves was an integral part of the larger mortuary complexes. In fact, the entire West Bank, honeycombed with tombs, not only of the old Egyptian kings, but of their families and the noblemen who served them.
west bank cemetery can be divided into a number of zones and sub-zones, where the Valley of the Kings is to have only one zone. The northern sector of the West Bank closest to the River Nile is often referred to as the tombs of the nobility, but it can be divided into five different sub-zones. Farthermost North is an area known as el-tariff, where large number of graves were dug in the late second intermediate period and early Middle Kingdom.
Just south of el-Dra Abu el-Naga tariff, which is a hillside with some 80 numbered graves most belongs to priests and officials in the 17th through the 20th dynasty, including some rulers in the 17th Dynasty. Just to the southwest of Dra Abu el-Naga is an area called El-Assasif, where there are 40 tombs, mainly from the new Kingdom and later. Just south of El-Assasif is El-Khokha, a tray with five old Kingdom tombs and 53 numbered graves from the 18th and 19th dynasty.
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna is directly to the West of El-Khokha. This hill was named after a mythical Muslim sheikh and has 146 numbered graves, most are from the 18th Dynasty. Here you will find some of the most beautiful private tombs on the West Bank. About the author

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