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This blog was set up in 2004 to aggregate news about Egyptology and related topics from online sources on a regular basis. It was closed finally in September 2013 due to other commitments. It has been left open as an archive, but comments have been disabled.
Kindest regards to all
Andie
andie {at} oddthing.co.uk
Kindest regards to all
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andie {at} oddthing.co.uk
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2 comments:
Interesting photo: the style of the figures suggests they date from Ptolemaic times but the still visible toolmarks further suggest the stonework is older and has been reworked. Is there any evidence to support the idea? CJB
Hi CJB. The temple has a long history. The remains of the temple are arrange randomly around the site as an open air museum. The oldest remains date to the Old Kingdom. The main structure appears to have been built in the Middle Kingdom. The remaining parts belong mainly to the Ptolemaic. A lot of the site is held together with modern filler. From memory, and I could be wrong, this bit is the Ptolemaic extension built onto the Middle Kingdom wall. I'll post a photo in the next couple of days of a clear example of Ptolemaic replacement of Middle Kingdom reliefs.
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