The Temple of Tuthmosis III at Abydos

There seems to be always safe for the sanctity of Abydos, from the early days in Egypt. One of the most revered places of Osiris, the Egyptian god is very important, and here, was built in Egypt Pharaohs huge monuments to glorify the God of death and the afterlife. Some of these features are well known to us and the mortuary temple of Seti I with Osireion attached. Others are relatively recent results, but it seems to show reverence that was, and still exists to this site.
Abydos in the north, near the temple complex of Osiris in the Kom Al-Sultan, which has a large excavation on by a team from Pennsylvania, and Yale Institute of Fine Arts, the speed, which we believe is the structure that was built by Tuthmosis III was discovered in 1996. This site is the southeast entrance of the "Temple of Ramses II to the fullest extent of the archaeological remains relatively calm compared to the face of the outer wall of the Temple of Osiris, in a direct line between the visible it is still entering the temple and leading to the valley of Umm el-Fahm Ga'ab.
Approximately two meters below the surface of the original land, the team began to find a thick layer of fragments of limestone which demonstrate the destruction of a building large stone. Under this class, and the team finally found the foot of the walls of the lower courses of limestone belonging to the structure of a small temple. Builder of a temple, it is believed that great 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, and because of the large number of fragments of relief in the writing of first name and the name (s), mud and brick wall of the sanctuary of the temple that were marked with his name, along with a short prayer to Osiris.
Excavations revealed the remains of the temple enclosure wall of mud, which is about 17.82 meters by 27.82 to maintain approximately 2.5 meters above the original ground level, and the Temple of appropriate measuring about 9 by 15 meters (29 feet, 6 inches from 49 feet) in size.


The temple is fronted by in the courtyard between the entrance and a tower of bricks in the wall, which is about 2.5 meters (8 feet) thick. Inside the station, which is also the cradle of baked mud, planted sacred trees large and seems so far from the Greeks. Inside the entrance, six columns of the century made of limestone. At least one side of each of these columns are engraved with the text sunk relief, and painted red. Excerpts from this text that has survived from the labels and record the first name of Tuthmosis III.
Behind the columns was a pair of giant statues of King Tuthmosis III Osride. Fragments of these statues reveal the king's embalmed corpse in the chest with his arms, each hand painted blue Ankh sign. His face and hands painted red, while the details of his eyes and eyebrows and beard has raised a black pigments, white and blue. These statues and other architectural elements of the entrance, similar to those found at the southern entrance to the Festival Hall of the King in the back of the temple of Amun at Karnak. Outside the entrance, through a short corridor is a cross inside the room, strangely enough, is doubled again in the Holy While it is not clear, and the design and direction of this church can reflect the needs of symbolic alignment with the havens outside the Umm al-Fahm Ga'ab and the "Tomb of Osiris" found there, while the remainder of the structure of housing-oriented "" God within the Temple of Osiris.
Temple was paved with huge blocks of limestone are well equipped and had a ceiling of the same article with a ceiling decorated and painted blue with a pattern of yellow stars. Large blocks of the outer walls of limestone was also passed. Although they all had almost incised and painted cornices Cavett, carved and painted cornices Cavett covered the walls of the two holy places. The upper walls decorated with friezes adorn Khek, while the lowest border was identified by the yellow and black and red.
The subject of the decoration of the temple, it is difficult to determine accurately due to the presence of a number of fragments of limestone inscriptions found during excavations at the source of the temple. However, we know that the image of Osiris, and is usually painted green paint, with a significant representation of Tuthmosis III, adorn the walls. It seems, and makes offerings to Osiris, in turn, receives life, stability and sovereignty. Therefore, we find scenes of operators who offer to provide food and flowers, which may arise adorn the walls of the holy sites. A delegation of priests carrying what could be the refuge include the boat, there may be a representation of the annual festival of Osiris, and when the procession that led from the Temple of Osiris in Umm el-Fahm Ga'ab.
Fragments of ornaments that have been discovered in the temple suggests that they were at least as well as those produced by the Temple of the King of Thebes. We believe that this is true monuments built by Ramses II, his grandfather, Seti I, too, that leads us to believe that, at least for the New Kingdom in Egypt, Abydos, was considered to be of equal importance to its southern neighbor of the city.
In fact, this temple in particular, seems to have been an important center of worship in many parts of the rest of the History of Ancient Egypt. For example, a series of layers of limestone on the ruins of a building floor is testimony to the use of the structure over a long period of time, and certainly beyond the Eighteenth Dynasty. We found inscriptions, including several rounds of Ramses IV in the walls of the building and the reform of the mud-brick towers dating from the third periods of medium and late. Of course, there are three trees, service station, with the evidence ceramics mixed within their root that goes back to the Ptolemaic Period (Greek) times.