Image Abydos Osireion 5374EG07JHP by Jim Henderson

 
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Images of two important sites north of Luxor near the River Nile but usually visted as an extra tour either by road or a day cruise.
Abydos Osireion 5374EG07JHP Abydos Osireion Sety Cenotaph Hall monumental granite columns water flooded to the rear of this Temple north of Luxor in Egypt, a huge Centotaph supposedly to Seti 1 which is now partially submerged owing to the higher modern water table. There is slight distortion of the nearest block because of the wide angle lens - the blocks are absolutely perpendicular. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, granite, sandstone, blocks, huge, Cenotaph, Tomb, Osiris, megalithic, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Merneptah, Merenptah, court, flooded, water, table, island, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, prehistory, prehistoric, dynastic, temples, God, necropolis, cult, Khentiamentiu, mortuary, sunlight
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Abydos Osireion 5374EG07JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-20 09:33:35
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Abydos Osireion Sety Cenotaph Hall monumental granite columns water flooded

to the rear of this Temple north of Luxor in Egypt, a huge Centotaph supposedly to Seti 1 which is now partially submerged owing to the higher modern water table. There is slight distortion of the nearest block because of the wide angle lens - the blocks are absolutely perpendicular.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, granite, sandstone, blocks, huge, Cenotaph, Tomb, Osiris, megalithic, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Merneptah, Merenptah, court, flooded, water, table, island, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, prehistory, prehistoric, dynastic, temples, God, necropolis, cult, Khentiamentiu, mortuary, sunlight