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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:40 am
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:37 am
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:47 am
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:46 pm
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Frankly, I'm amazed that they even could move something like that. From my understanding, they moved an entire cliff wall to go with it?! I'd love to read an article on the move itself just to see how they did it.
Personally, I've never been to any of the temples- and though I'm interested, I'd have mixed feelings about actually doing so. I mean, there were the courtyards which served as a general marketplace/hospital/social gathering area for the people... but there were also areas beyond that where only the priesthood was allowed to go. And then there were areas beyond even that where only the highest ranked of the priests could go. I think that most of the tours go into those areas- and as much as I'd love to go in there, I'd feel odd going "sight seeing" into somebody else's holy of holies just because they were no longer alive to stop me. It's a tough call to make.
So for now, I stick to pictures taken during archeological studies (which I excuse, because without them the context and "life" of these places would have disappeared forever, and I don't think that the ancient peoples would have wanted that). I particularly love the 3D programs which let you walk around in virtual reproductions of the sites- and sometimes even venture to reconstruct how they would have appeared in their original glory. Now that's fun!^_^
If I had a favorite, it would probably be Bast's temple at Bubastis- it's described as being particularly lovely, with a canal dug from the Nile which surrounded the temple on three sides. The land swept up on all sides away from the temple- so that anywhere you were in the city around it, you could look down on the beauty of the temple. I believe they had a garden inside, and of course the temple cats. There was also a small chapel on the grounds devoted to Bast's son, Maa-Hs (also written Mai-Hs, or Mihos). And, well, I'm particularly fond of Bast so I may be biased in this respect. 3nodding
Unfortunately, there's not much left of the temple today- so we can only guess at its original glory. I heard of a project a while back about some people who were going to attempt to rebuild it- using the original stones, and accounts of the temple from ancient writings and blueprints (most temples had a copy of the blueprints of the building around somewhere, so we can at least see the layout). But I never really heard anything more from them, and I don't know if that project ever really got off the ground. It was a really cool idea, though.
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:50 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:48 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:21 am
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:45 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:48 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:55 pm
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 3:58 pm
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:26 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:43 am
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