Abydos
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Meandering through hall after corridor after hall, dazzled with these fantastic images |
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We may be looking at the embalming of a Pharaoh here, presided over by Horus, the falcon-headed god |
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This shows the Pharaoh as the greatest hunter |
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The backside of the necropolis, decorated, but much of it lost to time and possibly thieves |
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Below there is a pond of sorts, maybe similar to the sacred ponds of the great temples. I am wondering, with Abydos just 10 km from the Nile, if there hadn't been a canal |
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Climbing down, this is how it looks. Even here, some of the walls show decorations |