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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] Ahmose Nefertari again, shown as Mother of the Dynasty and painted black, which is symbolic of her association with the South, the headwaters of the Nile, which represents rebirth and the origin of the Egyptian royal line, which inevitably comes from the South, both during the early 18th dynasty and early dynastic Egypt. All of which is a symbolic and literal representation of the origins of Egyptian dynastic culture being from inner Africa. But it is absurdly hilarious to hear how Egyptologists try and get around this obvious meaning, from calling her color as "covered with asphalt", to being "queen of the necropolis" and all other sorts of non-sense to get around her OBVIOUS symbolism as the Queen who birthed the Great King that liberated the country from the Hyksos, the reds, the desert dwellers, the bringers of dryness and chaos from without. As such she symbolizes the force of the Nile itself, originating IN AFRICA bringing with it renewal and the restoration of the throne of Kingship which originated in the South. Such symbolism was tied to the entire institution of kingship and worship in dynastic Egypt from the very beginning, with each temple being symbolic of the womb and sacred mound (black earth) of creation from which the pharaoh was born. The black earth both refers to the symbolism of the fertile soil, but also to the skin of those who were the first children of the earth, the man and women of inner Africa, at the headwaters of the Nile. Therefore, the mother of the King was symbolic of the ties of Egyptian kingship to their southern roots IN AFRICA and Ahmose Nefertari was venerated THROUGHOUT the New Kingdom as SYMBOLIC of her role as Queen Mother in restoring Maat in Egypt and restoring the line of Kings from the South. [QUOTE] Because these royal worship temples celebrated the pharaoh's glory, they were also very close linked with the notion of royal power. We understand that they disappeared at the end of the XXth dynasty when the high priests or the king priests acceded to the throne. At the Ramesseum, the official worship didn't go on beyond the end of the ramesside period. However, the abandonment of the worship is not synonymus of the abandonment of the place. As soon as, the XXIIth dynasty, a necropolis was settled in most of the outbuildings. The Tombs and the funerary chapel were reserved for the members of the Theban clergy. Some princesses in charge of sacerdotal functions like Sathorkhenem and some divine adoratrices such as Karomama, who came from royal families (Osorkon I, Takélot II) were inhumed in the precinct of the Ramesseum. An organization was set up to manage the plots, the inhumations and the upkeep of the necropolis. From the XXIXth dynasty onwards, and during the Ptolemaic and the Roman periods, the Ramesseum was subject to several amputations, which brought about the disappearance of the mammisi of Touy and Nefertari and the dismantling of many walls, pillars and columns. Many of these materials were reused in the late arrangements of the complex of Medinet Habou. The removal of pieces of the Ramesseum lasted until the medieval period. During the first century AD, the temple was transformed into a church. This is proved by some hasty arrangements in the last hypostyle halls and by many engraved or painted graffitis on the walls. The hammering of many reliefs is also a feature of this period. During the last archaeological digs, some architectural elements and some liturgical objects were discovered. [/QUOTE]From: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gerard_Flament/ram_eng.htm [IMG]http://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/artisans/inerkhaou359/photo/inerkhaou_13.jpg[/IMG] From: http://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/artisans/inerkhaou359/e_inerkhaou359_01.htm Other stuff: [IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2393/2434571867_16a7c8f109.jpg?v=0[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2319/2435511456_fb79cb2424.jpg?v=0[/IMG] Early 18th dynasty [IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2008/2434708271_00b5905da7.jpg?v=0[/IMG] Metjeji Statue: [IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2435533248_222998cdcb.jpg?v=0[/IMG] Huni? Old Kingom: [IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2393/2426844192_6973ceb6ee.jpg?v=0[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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