18th Dynasty

 

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The 18th dynasty continues with Amenhotep 1st (-1514, -1493) and will end two hundred years later with Horemheb. Few monuments have been recovered in Abydos coming from this dynasty, what can also reflect the lack of excavations of research. The most important monument seems to be the chapel of 9 meters by 18 meters that I Amenhotep 1st dedicated to its father Amhose. It was discovered by Petrie in 1902 and consits of an external colonnade with two rows of columns, a central piece with 6 columns opening on several pieces.

 

Some recent excavations have updated a temple of Thutmosis III, close to the surrounding wall of the temple of Osiris (Maruejol, 2007). In a large surrounding wall closed by a pylon, the temple in limestone drew a rectangle of 9 m on 15 m, including two sanctuaries. The entry was flanked by 2 Osirislike statuaries of the Pharaoh. Petrie had himself found different structures of this king close to the chapel of Ier Amenhotep Ist

 

Harvey quotes more constructions possible of Thutmosis IV and Akhenaton. The talatates of Akhenaton found in Abydos seems to come from a temple constructs in  this place (quoted by Vandersleyen,1995).

 

Drawings by  Petrie of reliefs found in the chapel of DjeserkaRe Amenhotep showing this one adoring Osiris KhentiAmentiu. Behind Osiris, the deified king Amhose.

 

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