Image Abydos Osireion 5379EG07JHP 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 5379EG07JHP Osireion Cenotaph Seti 1 Abydos Temple Egypt waterlevel blocks flooded low located to the north of Luxor. This view is looking over where the original island is thought to have been and now partially flooded by the high water table although there would probably have been water around the island originally and the whole site would have been covered. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, granite, sandstone, blocks, huge, Cenotaph, Tomb, Osiris, megalithic, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Merneptah, Merenptah, court, flooded, water, table, island, landscape, 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 5379EG07JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-20 09:33:57
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Osireion Cenotaph Seti 1 Abydos Temple Egypt waterlevel blocks flooded

low located to the north of Luxor. This view is looking over where the original island is thought to have been and now partially flooded by the high water table although there would probably have been water around the island originally and the whole site would have been covered.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, granite, sandstone, blocks, huge, Cenotaph, Tomb, Osiris, megalithic, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Merneptah, Merenptah, court, flooded, water, table, island, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, prehistory, prehistoric, dynastic, temples, God, necropolis, cult, Khentiamentiu, mortuary, sunlight