Posted on 07/16/2010 7:09:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Beni Suef -- Excavations in Upper Egypt's Ehnasia archaeological area in Beni-Sueif recently uncovered the remains of a 3,000 year old temple dating from the reign of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Rameses II.
"Inside the remains of this temple, excavators uncovered ten cartouches of Ramesses II and beneath them a relief saying that the ruler had built this temple for himself in Ehnasia," said the head of Egypt's Supreme Archaeology's Pharaonic Section, Sabri Abdel Aziz in a statement on Thursday.
Ramesses II ruled Egypt from 1279-1213 BC and was the son of Seti I, whose secret 'tomb within a tomb' was uncovered in June by a team of Egyptian archaeologists in the Valley of the Kings in central Egypt.
A collection of mud-brick structures dating to the fourth and fifth century AD were also found at the site of the Ramesses II era temple, according to Aziz.
A collection of terracotta statues depicting Isis, Aphrodite and Horus were found inside along with pots and clay lamps, he said.
The team of archaeologists will continue excavation of the temple during the next archaeological season, Aziz said.
Ramesses II is regarded as one of Egypt's most powerful pharaohs and was nicknamed 'the Great Ancestor' by his successors.
The famous twin temples at Abu Simbel, carved out of the rocks, the Ramesseum at Thebes, and Pi-Ramesses, a city complete with zoo near the old city of Avaris, are among the monuments built during his reign.
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And what preconceived and baseless notion will that be? Sounds like you already have the answer in the can.
So that was Rameses I?
Never did keep all that straight.
He’s the man in charge, and he has to deal with a culture where everyone relies on family connections to get employed (I didn’t say “get work”) and expects to be able to extract squeeze money for everything or going anywhere. This is a pretty old practice, as the pharaonic tombs (including the Great Pyramid) were often open for business as tourist attractions way back in Greek and Roman times. The Great Pyramid was finally resealed late in the Roman period, then some centuries later (during Islamic times) chipped open (I guess they couldn’t find the door, or they chipped open the concrete plug the Romans had put in, no one knows; there’s a non-Egyptian bit of graffito dating from Greek or Roman times over the original door, suggesting that the Muzzies were the chippers).
And I’ll also concede that, given what Egypt is (a Moslem country), it’s a good thing they have *anyone* capable of and willing to run something like an archaeological program. There are plenty of competent Egyptologists (including some Egyptians) working in Egypt because of Hawass. He is a meddler and interferer, but even he has to be careful, because literally nothing would get dug were it not for foreign money, and those sources aren’t going to put up with just anything.
But yeah, he is a great pillock.
Thoum was the (Middle Kingdom) pharaoh of the Exodus; in the OT, his was the city Pithom (Place of Tho[u]m).
That she was able to get her ranting face on some “news” program or “documentary” shows how far gone “journalists” really are.
THX THX.
RAMESSES I WAS HIS FATHER?
Nobody caught my transposing the character’s favorite phrase as the Siamese King Mongkut from “The King & I” onto Ramses. :-P
Ramesses I was II’s father ? No. Seti was Ramesses II’s father.
Assuming is dangerous.
It is ?
Most assuredly. Lack of comment doesn’t mean not noticing.
No.
who was this guy’s father?
Thoum was the (Middle Kingdom) pharaoh of the Exodus;
Well, you gotta speak up, son ! Let us know you’re breathing.
I’m not sure who “Thoum” is, this was what I found on Wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh_of_the_Exodus
THX THX.
well, there are bushmen and Australian aborigines who have red hair — it’s not limited to Celts. Since the Egyptians were a mixture of Berber people + Semites + Ethiopian peoples, at least initially, it would be difficult for Indo-European genes to reach them at the time of Ramssess II. For Cleopatra, that’s different as she was nearly purely Greek/Macedonian, so definitely some Celtic blood from the Galatians
my error — I forgot about the Hittites who were Indo-European (they even worshipped Hindu gods like Mitra and Agni) and Mitanni.
my error — I forgot about the Hittites who were Indo-European (they even worshipped Hindu gods like Mitra and Agni) like the Mitanni. Could Ramsses have had some of their blood? I would doubt it as they had appeared on the scene a few hundred years earlier and there was little reason for the EGyptian royal family to inter-marry with these strangers (philadelphus :)
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