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Hello everyone, I was wondering does anybody know a website or have any pictures of 5th dynasty pharoahs temple,mortuary paintings, all I ever seen was Unas?
Obelisk_18 Member # 11966
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Um babe, whats the poll for? Anyways, you can pretty much google 5th dynasty pictures by typing the names of particular kings on google image, if they're any existing potraits of them that is .
Neferefre Member # 13793
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My mistake with the poll, disregard, I did google just can't find scenes of the tomb paintings and temple reliefs. There suppose to be this block from Sahure temple relief with scenes of pyramid workers dragging the (Pyramiddion) caps stone for his pyramid on site with royal priest and family standing near by.
One worker was pouring water onto the ground while the rest of the men were pulling the stone on a sledge. Seems interesting?
Mystery Solver Member # 9033
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quote:Originally posted by Neferefre: [QB] My mistake with the poll, disregard, I did google just can't find scenes of the tomb paintings and temple reliefs. There suppose to be this block from Sahure temple relief with scenes of pyramid workers dragging the (Pyramiddion) caps stone for his pyramid on site with royal priest and family standing near by.
One worker was pouring water onto the ground while the rest of the men were pulling the stone on a sledge. Seems interesting?
Unfortunately I haven't seen these images myself. But there are ships that can be seen in the Mastaba of Mereruka from about the same time period. These huge rowing ships were definitely sea worthy and were the predecessors of those Greek and Roman ships to be seen later plowing the Mediterranean, as well as the later ships of the Moors, the corsairs and the Spanish galleons. This aspect of Egyptian history is often denied, meaning people often dont credit the Egyptians for having large ships capable of sailing on the sea, but they did and they are right there for you to see. And why wouldn't you expect sea going craft from a culture that buried BOATS in their tombs! This particular mastaba has 2 boat pits next to it and many of these mastabas and other monuments were linked by causeways (canals) to the Nile. And the model boats found in Egypt are the oldest found anywhere, leading to today's hobby of model boat building. And lets not forget that rowing as a sport was probably practiced here long ago as well, given that many of the boats seen in ancient Egyptian tombs were powered by oars, like the one from Mereruka's tomb above, which is no different than those seen in modern rowing regattas, with foremen at the bow. And lets also not forget that these boats often featured the eye of ra at the bow or on it, which leads directly to the eyes on the bows of Greek ships at later times. In fact, there were so many boats and causeways in ancient Egypt, that it was almost like an ancient Venice, with a few canals crisscrossing the country.
STATUE OF RANEFEREF Painted limestone Dynasty 5, reign of Raneferef Abusir, Mortuary temple of Raneferef Excavations of Miroslav Verner, 1984
Hidden Treasures of Ancient Egypt, by Zahi Hawass, p. 132 (2004)
Djehuti Member # 6698
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Myra Wysinger Member # 10126
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Djehuti, a few of those I never seen before. Very interesting collection. Thanks
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Obelisk_18 Member # 11966
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Hmmm, Ptah-hotep, now he was historys first philosopher, right?
Djehuti Member # 6698
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quote:Originally posted by Myra Wysinger: Djehuti, a few of those I never seen before. Very interesting collection. Thanks
Your welcome, but it's really nothing but a google image search of 5th dynasty stuff.
quote:Originally posted by Obelisk_18: Hmmm, Ptah-hotep, now he was historys first philosopher, right?
Well I wouldn't go so far as to call him thee first, but yes he was one history's first philosophers as well as a vizier to Pharaoh Djedkara Isesi of the 5th dynasty.
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