Foundation deposits and storerooms of Ramses II Temple in Abydos
Posted on 04/17/2020 8:47:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The mission of the New York University-ISAW at the Temple of Ramses II in Abydos, led by Sameh Iskander, discovered the temple's foundation deposits during excavation work carried out at the temple's southwest corner.
Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the deposits were buried in 1279 BC at the time of the construction ceremony. They include food offerings, plaques inscribed with Ramses II's throne name painted in blue or green, small copper construction tool models, pottery vessels decorated with hieratic inscriptions, and oval shaped quartzite grindstones.
The mission also uncovered 10 large mud-brick storerooms attached to the temple palace, originally roofed with vaulted brick ceilings. They were used as granaries, storage of other temple provisions, offerings, and other small equipment...
Twelve sacrificial votive bulls' heads and bones dated to the Ptolomaic period were found in niches cut into the walls of the storerooms. In addition, a complete skeleton of a bull was found carefully buried under the floor of the temple palace.
Iskander believes the foundation deposits bearing the throne name of Ramses II buried under his first temple built in Egypt confirm the temple was indeed constructed during his reign, not his father's...
He explained that the insertion of numerous votive sacrificial bulls into the walls of the temple dated to the Ptolomaic period reveals that the temple was regarded then as a sacred place.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.ahram.org.eg ...
...the insertion of numerous votive sacrificial bulls into the walls of the temple dated to the Ptolomaic period reveals that the temple was regarded then as a sacred place. "This is testimony to the vivid memory of Ramses II in the Egyptian mind 1,000 years after his reign," he pointed out.
IOW, it's one of *those* topics.
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Are “foundation deposits” like a cornerstone contemporary things tucked into it when the cornerstone was laid?
probably not. The ancient Egyptians were rather haphazard with the construction of building foundations. They preferred to put their resources into the structure resting on the foundation.
“Twelve sacrificial votive bulls’ heads and bones dated to the Ptolomaic period were found in niches cut into the walls of the storerooms. In addition, a complete skeleton of a bull was found carefully buried under the floor of the temple palace.”
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“They preferred to put their resources into the structure resting on the foundation.”
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Perfect description of false religions.
small copper construction tool models, pottery vessels decorated with hieratic inscriptions, and oval shaped quartzite grindstones.
Copper tools and grindstones?! Say it aint so. The guy with crazy hair says that’s impossible, therefor....aliens
Pretty much, but they were not interested in sending a message to the future, they were engaging in their own ancient superstitions.
They also found the mummified remains of an extinct half-horse, half-bear, called Whinny the Pooh.
Don’t get me wrong I love watching that guy! He is like an an acrobat with polio in his reasoning. Everything leads to aliens.
Looks like the cupboard was bare. I forget. Is Ramses II supposed to be the Pharaoh of Joseph or Moses???
He'd be an ideal replacement host for Jeopardy.
Even under the conventional pseudochronology, Ramses II has no relationship with either Joseph or Moses. The reality is he lived centuries after Moses and more than a millennium after Joseph.
And, he's the only television personality anyone should trust, other than Tucker Carlson.
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