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Statue of Khufu [Cheops]Abydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, CavalryAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Masses of peopleAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Soldiers with POWsAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, ChariotsAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Marching soldiersAbydos, Remains of the temple for Ramesses IIAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Masses of peopleAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, ChariotsAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Marching soldiersFoundation StoneAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Hittite chariotsAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, ChariotsAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Hittite chariotsAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Masses of peopleAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Soldiers with POWsAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Hittite chariotsAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, PeopleAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Soldiers capturing enemiesAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Hittite chariotsAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, PeopleAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Soldiers capturing enemiesAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, People killed in actionAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, PeopleAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Soldiers with POWAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Soldier capturing an enemyAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, People killed in actionAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Masses of people and Hittite chariotsAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, ChariotsAbydos, Temple for Ramesses II, Relief of the Battle of Kadesh, Chariots

Location:

  • Egypt, Abīdūs
  • geo:26.188927,31.908575
  • Location ± 100-500 m.

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=40060

Annotations

The Autobiography of Weni  (ca. 2407-2260 BC)a court official of the sixth dynasty made ca 2280 BC records the earliest known Egyptian military campaigns in Sinai and the Levant. Weni the general of King Teti and Pepi I and Merenre gave the army an organizational foundation.

See:

  1. James Henry Breasted, "Inscription of Uni" in Ancient Records of Egypt,  1906, Part One, sections 291-294, 306-315, 319-324
  2. Nigel C. Strudwick, Texts from the Pyramid Age, Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta 2005, pp.352ff.
  3. http://www.mindserpent.com/American_History/introduction/intro_002.html

Relevant museums

München, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

München, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art


Nearby

Shunet El Zebib

Shunet El Zebib - Middle Fort. Fortifications of the Second Dynasty.

Kom el-Sultan

Early Dynastic settlement

Cheops Statuette - Khufu Statuette, Kom el-Sultan-Abydos

The Ivory figurine of Khufu, Kom el-Sultan temple. Present in Egyptian Museum Cairo


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