A collection of decorated blocks and fragments from the western and northern fa ade of king Nactanebo I temple at Matariya uncovered.Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities
Posted on 11/16/2021 9:29:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv
The Egyptian-German mission has uncovered a collection of decorated blocks and fragments from the King Nactanebo I temple at the Matariya archaeological site in Heliopolis.
Aymen Ashmawy, head of the ancient Egyptian antiquities sector and head of the mission from the Egyptian side, explains that the inscriptions mention the regnal years 13 and 14... as well as the dimensions and the materials used in this sanctuary.
“Several blocks were unfinished too and no further decoration work seems to have been commissioned after the death of Nectanebo I...” he said, adding that other architectural elements attest to the building projects of Ramesses II (1279-1213), Merenptah (1213-1201 BC) and Apries (589-570 BCE). The activity of the Ramesside Period is also represented by an inlay for a relief of the early 19th dynasty (c. 1300 BCE). A statue fragment of Seti II (1204-1198) adds to the evidence for this king of the late 19th Dynasty at Heliopolis.
Dietrich Raue, head of the German mission, pointed out that the main processional axis was investigated further west. Scattered fragments point to separate building units of the Middle Kingdom, the 22nd Dynasty (King Osorkon I, 925-890 BCE) and a sanctuary for Shu and Tefnut of King Psametik II (595-589 BCE).
Raue said that some fragments of the statuary of King Ramesses II, a part of a baboon statue, a statue base and fragments of a quartzite obelisk of King Osorkon I and parts of cult installations such as an offering table of Thutmose III, 1479-1425 BCE were found.
These finds point to the continuous royal support and investment in the temple of the sun and creator god at Heliopolis and the excavation work provided additional evidence for the 30th Dynasty and the Ptolemaic Period in the precinct.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.ahram.org.eg ...
A collection of decorated blocks and fragments from the western and northern fa ade of king Nactanebo I temple at Matariya uncovered.Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities
Is it just me or does that person look peculiar?
Odd that two dynasties centuries apart were so active in exactly the same place. /s
One of *those* topics.
Looks oddly two-dimensional... ;^)
[snip] A choice case would be Ramses III and the Twentieth Dynasty in general. As I show in Peoples of the Sea, Ramses III of the historians is but Nectanebo I, who occupied the Egyptian throne in the first half of the fourth century and who warred with Artaxerxes II, the Persian.
According to the accepted chronology, Ramses III started to reign in -1200 or a few years thereafter...
The differnce between the conventional dates and the timetable of the revised chronology reaches here an almost grotesque figure of 800 years. The fourth century is by three centuries removed from the last cataclysm that, according to the evidence cited in Worlds in Collision, took place on March 23, -687. Therefore there need be no apprehension as to the possible effect of natural events on the carbon content of the living material of the fourth century, with the exception of the inner rings of trees that in the fourth century before the present era may already have been three or more centuries old. Generally, not trees but short lived plants, such as linen, papyrus, grain, and also hide and mummies, should be used for radiocarbon tests for archaeological purposes.
Since the problem to solve is whether Ramses III lived almost 32 or less than 24 centuries ago, the difference being so great as to exceed 25 percent (33 percent if counted on 24 centuries), the radiocarbon method, with its margin of uncertainty of less than 50 years, must provide an unambiguous answer in the contest for the title of the true history. [/snip]
- The Testimony of Radiocarbon Dating | Immanuel Velikovsky
- Human Remains In Ancient Jar A Mystery -- For over 100 years, four blue-glazed jars bearing the nametag of Rameses II (1302-1213 B.C.) were believed to contain the Egyptian pharaoh's bodily organs. But analysis of organic residues scraped from the jars has determined one actually contained an aromatic salve, while a second jar held the organs of an entirely different person who lived around 760 years later... The mystery concerning the jars began in 1905, when they were brought to Paris' Louvre Museum, where they are still housed. Shortly after that time, researchers cut into a packet inside one of the jars and plucked out a piece of heart. The packet is now lost, but from that point on, the containers were labeled as "the canopic jars of Rameses II."
Ancient Astronaut theorists say “yes!”
I may be ancient, but I ain’t no astronaut.
Hey, William Shatner is “technically” an astronaut now. You can be too!
Just sign up for the next trip on the “Penis Ship” and away you go!
Just wondering. When disembarking, do you have to climb out of the “nose” and slide to the ground?
Enquiring minds want to know.
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