Thèbes, Ramesseum. Statues Orisis et les colonnes du temple Zürich : Photoglob Company, ca. 1890-1910 Archaeological sites,Sculpture,Temples,Columns,Egypt Thebes (Extinct city)
#Thèbes #Ramesseum #Zürich #Egypt #Thebes #Egyptian #Orpheus #ThèbesRamesseum #photography #historicalPhotos
Thèbes, les Colosses de Memnon Zürich : Photoglob Company, ca. 1890-1910 Archaeological sites,Sculpture,Egypt Thebes (Extinct city)
#Thèbes #PhotoglobCompany #EgyptThebes #ColossesofMemnon #Egyptian #MiddleEastern #Egypt #photography #historicalPhotos
Thèbes, Medinet-Abou, le pavillon Zürich : Photoglob Company, ca. 1890-1910 Archaeological sites,Temples,Medinet Habu Site (Egypt),Egypt Thebes (Extinct city)
#Thèbes #PhotoglobCompany #Temples #MedinetHabuSite #Thebes #Egypt #MiddleEastern #photography #historicalPhotos
Ever since I was a child I've learned that my life would be spent in battle. My father always said it was supposed to be one of the higher attributes of a man — to defend his land and his values.
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#History #Egyptology #Echnaton
(2/n)
"Akhenaten founded and moved his dynastic government to, #Akhetaten, referred to as either #Amarna, El-Amarna, or Tell el-Amarna by modern scholars." 2)
The new #religion and the new capital did not survive the #pharaoh's death.
His likely son, #Tutankhamun, born #Tutankhaten, moved the capital back to #Thebes and reinstated the #Amun 2) priesthood.3)
Both...
#History #Egyptology #Echnaton
(1/n)
Sounds great.
It is the same person, though. #Echnaton 1) changed the name because #Amenophis is a tribute to the "household " god of the pharaohs, #Amun,* who reigned in #Thebes.
By one account, he broke the stranglehold of the priests of Amun, who had become too powerful, by making the sun god #Aton/ #Aten, the one and only god and him it's sole interlocutor.
Furthermore,...
Beautifully-preserved 3,800 year-old cosmetic box of pharaoh’s cupbearer Kemeni, with ointment jars and hand mirror, found in 1910 in tomb shaft at Thebes, now held by Metropolitan Museum.
https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/543955
@artinsociety #pharaoh #Egyptology #Egypt #museums #Thebes
At our July meeting (Sunday 7th July, IN PERSON) we welcome Dr. Wolfram Grajetzki, who will give a talk on "The Theban Cemetery before the New Kingdom".
Thebes is mainly known for its New Kingdom monuments, but it has a long history stretching out before that. This talk will present tombs and temples at Thebes from these earlier periods. (1/3)
"The Sacred Band [of #Thebes], we are told, was first formed by #Gorgidas, of 300 chosen men, to whom the city furnished exercise and maintenance and who encamped in the Kadmeia. But some say that this band was composed of lovers and beloved."
Plutarch, The Parallel Lives
#PrideMonth #LGBTQ #LGBTQHistory #gayHistory #ancientGreece @antiquidons @histodons @mythology
#Apollo at #Thebes/#Boetia in #FredericLeighton's #Daphnephoria 1876 bears a very striking resemblance to #Antinous! #Antinoos and #Hadrian were in #Thebes Greece for the #Bacchanalia in January 129 AD. Full details: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/01/antinous-in-thebes.html
#Apollo at #Thebes/#Boetia in #FredericLeighton's #Daphnephoria 1876 bears a very striking resemblance to #Antinous! #Antinoos and #Hadrian were in #Thebes Greece for the #Bacchanalia in January 129 AD. Full details: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/01/antinous-in-thebes.html
#Apollo at #Thebes/#Boetia in #FredericLeighton's #Daphnephoria 1876 bears a very striking resemblance to #Antinous! #Antinoos and #Hadrian were in #Thebes Greece for the #Bacchanalia in January 129 AD. Full details: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/01/antinous-in-thebes.html
Anoxinon e.V. 
