Archaeology of South Abydos - 1195 Words

Archaeology of South Abydos The late Middle Kingdom settled in a city within Egypt called Microcosm which Microcosms located just south of Abydos. In Microcosm architectural and social engineering took place over 3,850 years ago in southern Egypt. There are scared burial sites throughout Egypt within southern Abydos. Abydos was the first burial place of Egypt’s first pharaohs and religious center for the god Osiris. Osiris was referred to as the God of the dead and the ruler of the underworld. Osiris saw construction for a royal mortuary with a complex name, Enduring-Are-the-Places-of- Khakure-True-of-Voice-in-Abydos. The construction for the royal mortuary was dedicated to the fifth pharaoh of Egypt’s twelfths dynasty, named Khahaure†¦show more content†¦Around 3000, B.C the political differences of cause Abydos and Thinis to diminish and the growth of Memphis was founded. The significance of Abydos wasn’t demised; Abydos was still looked to as religious center point, the subseq uent of the pharaohs being buried in the new necropolis in Memphis. Towards the end of the Old Kingdom (ca.2200 BCE) a cult was formed in honor of the god Osiris. Abydos was the central point of the cult this meant, the cult was considered the rebirth of Osiris the god of the netherworld. During this time Osiris was thought to be buried at Umm el-Gaab having to join the canine god Khentamentiu now being known as Lord of Abydos. The history of Osiris continued to develop in Abydos over time from the end of the Old Kingdome too the beginning of the First Intermediate Period (CA.2200-2050 BCE) and the Middle Kingdom (CA.2050-1700 BCE). Abydos was still the religious icon for the townsmen and the cult. Religious precessions occurred from Umm el-Gaab to the burial site of Egyptians pharaoh Osiris. The two pharaohs Osiris and Khentamentiu both had their similarities, were both of their subjects had an interest in the cult. The high interest of Osiris tomb lead, the cult to the necropolis es to believe that the pharaoh is buried in Abydos, were the temples were originally dedicated to the pharaoh. In the center of Kom es-Sultan, the royalShow MoreRelatedEssay about Hatshepsut: Fifth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt1357 Words   |  6 Pagesher great grandfather King Ahmose I who established her families Dynasty decreed it to be a way of balancing the order of the universe. Queen Tetisheri in Hatshepsut’s mind was like a Pharaoh before Ahmose I. Queen Tetisheri’s mortuary temple at Abydos has an inscription from King Ahmose I stating that she was: ...one who cares for Egypt. She has looked after her [i.e. Egypt’s] soldiers; she has guarded her; she has brought back her fugitives, and collected together her deserters; she has pacified