Here we see the excavated Sun Temple from ancient Egypt. [LiveScience]Image credit: M. Osman for Sun Temples Project, 2022
Posted on 08/11/2022 7:52:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old temple dedicated to the Egyptian sun god Ra at the site of Abu Ghurab, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Cairo.
The temple was built sometime during ancient Egypt's fifth dynasty (circa 2465 B.C. to 2323 B.C.)...
The newly uncovered sun temple was made from mud bricks and measured at least 197 feet long and 66 feet wide (60 meters by 20 m). It contained an L-shaped entrance portico, a courtyard, storage rooms and rooms that may have been used for cultic purposes, Nuzzolo told Live Science in an email. "The walls of this building were all plastered in black and white and often also show traces of painting in red and blue," Nuzzolo said. The entrance portico was partially made of white limestone and had two limestone columns.
The temple was ritually demolished, possibly before it was even finished, so that a new sun temple could be made from stone at the site for a pharaoh named Niuserre (reign circa. 2420 B.C. to 2389 B.C.). Niuserre "reused part of the structure as a platform or subfoundation for his new temple," Nuzzolo said.
The archaeologists found two deposits of artifacts, one of which has dozens of intact beer jars and a few finely made and red-slipped vessels, while the other contains seal impressions, including the seals of pharaohs who ruled during the fifth and sixth dynasties. One of the earliest seals belongs to Shepseskare, an "enigmatic" pharaoh who ruled Egypt before Niuserre, Nuzzolo said. The Metropolitan Museum of Art(opens in new tab) in New York City lists Shepseskare as reigning from circa 2438 B.C to 2431 B.C., and Raneferef (also known as Neferefre) ruling from circa 2431 B.C. to 2420 B.C...
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Here we see the excavated Sun Temple from ancient Egypt. [LiveScience]Image credit: M. Osman for Sun Temples Project, 2022
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It’s really hardly a ‘cult’ when it was the mainstream religion for thousands of years.
Cool find, though!
Another Sun Temple discovered at Abu Gurob?
Italian-Polish archaeological mission discovered the remains of a mudbrick building
Aug 2 2022
by Archaeology Newsroom
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/08/02/another-sun-temple-discovered-at-abu-gurob/
Ancient Egyptian temple to the sun cult uncovered near Cairo
Aug 4, 2022
https://thescotfree.com/humanity/ancient-egyptian-temple-to-the-sun-cult-uncovered-near-cairo/
Temple Dedicated to the Sun God Unearthed in Egypt
Friday, August 5, 2022
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10717-220805-egypt-ra-temple
sidebar:
Shepseskare and his Possible Pyramid (Unfinished Pyramid) at Abusir
by Jimmy Dunn
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/shepseskare.htm
More cowbell!
Well, there is the sun god and then there is the Son of G-d.
5.56mm
One of the earliest seals belongs to Shepseskare, an “enigmatic” pharaoh >>>>
I knew that they would discover an Egyptian former incarnation of William Shakespeare eventually.
Now if they could locate the Mummy and see some of his writings!
Could this be an ancestor of Shakespeare?
It’s his dyslexic 121st great-grandpa.
Sounds like a pharaoh who wasn’t wrapped too tight.
You owe me a coffee and a keyboard for that :-)
Heh heh...
Is this where the Ark of the Covenant of hidden?
Sounds like a pharaoh who wasn’t wrapped too tight.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Oh, P’ta! ( grin)
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