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    Medinet Habu (Arabic: مدينة هابو; Ancient Egyptian: ḏꜣmwt; Sahidic Coptic: (ⲧ)ϫⲏⲙⲉ, ϫⲏⲙⲏ, ϫⲉⲙⲉ, ϫⲉⲙⲏ, ϫⲏⲙⲓ; Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲏⲙⲓ) is an archaeological...
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    of war, found in Ramesses III's palaces at Medinet Habu (adjacent to the Mortuary Temple at Medinet Habu) and Tell el-Yahudiyeh. Large numbers of faience...
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    they are first attested to in reliefs at the Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, in which they are called the Peleset (𓊪𓏲𓂋𓏤𓏤𓐠𓍘𓇋𓍑), accepted...
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    constructed one of the largest mortuary temples of western Thebes, now called Medinet Habu. He was assassinated in the Harem conspiracy led by his secondary wife...
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  • Thumbnail for Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III
    The Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size...
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    the sea") in 1855 in a description of reliefs on the Second Pylon at Medinet Habu, documenting Year 8 of Ramesses III. In the late 19th century, Gaston...
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  • The memorial temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu contains a minor list of pharaohs of the New Kingdom of Egypt. The inscriptions closely resemble the...
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    on the temple walls of the mortuary temple of pharaoh Ramesses III at Medinet Habu. In the 12th century BC, the Sea Peoples (which consisted of several...
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    the southern abandoned coast of Canaan, recording this victory on a Medinet Habu temple inscription dated to c. 1150 BC. The pwrꜣsꜣtj are generally identified...
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  • Arm”) is shown on a stone block originally from the Ramesseum, reused in Medinet Habu. His name shows Asian influence like that of Bintanath and Mahiranath...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Djahy
    known about the battle comes from the mortuary temple of Ramesses III in Medinet Habu. The description of the battle and prisoners is documented in detail...
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    had initiated as senior advisor and constructed a mortuary temple at Medinet Habu for his own use. A stela of Nakhtmin (Berlin 2074), a military officer...
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    Medamud, Medinet Habu, and Tod – saw the last substantial building work on Egyptian temples.: 16  After those of Antoninus Pius found at Medinet Habu, Deir...
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    Medinet Habu – facing outboard at stem and stern – invites comparison with the bird boats (Vogelbarke) of Central Europe "The Vogelbarke of Medinet Habu...
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    from the "Story of Wenamun", the Tjeker are also documented earlier, at Medinet Habu, as raiders defeated by Pharaoh Ramesses III of Egypt in years 5, 8,...
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    — Inscription from the second pylon of the temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu Not only Egypt was affected by the Sea People invasions. The empire of...
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  • during the 20th Dynasty, Ramesses III constructed his own temple at Medinet Habu. This was the largest mortuary temple to be built. The construction began...
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    is the largest known dyad ever carved. The statue originally stood in Medinet Habu, Western Thebes; today it is the centerpiece of the main hall of the...
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    they built a large fleet and took control of the sea. The temple of Medinet Habu has reliefs depicting the fleet of Ramses III fighting a naval battle...
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    dated c. 1150 BC, at the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at the Medinat Habu Temple in Luxor – one of the best‑preserved temples of Egypt – refers to...
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  • reign of Ramesses III, namely the second pylon of his mortuary temple at Medinet Habu, and the Great Harris Papyrus. No visual representation of the Weshesh...
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    all cases but three, features a circular accouterment at the crest. At Medinet Habu the corslet appears similar to that worn by the Philistines. The Sherden...
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    Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Upper Egypt, in the desert to the south of Medinet Habu. The site also included a temple dedicated to Amenhotep III's Great Royal...
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  • III, an Egyptian pharaoh of the 20th dynasty. He is depicted in the Medinet Habu temple with his brothers and half-brothers; nothing else is known about...
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    established beyond doubt by a large relief found in the portico of the Medinet Habu temple of Ramesses III known as the "Procession of the Princes". The...
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    from Egypt, with some 1,500 lines of text." It was found in a tomb near Medinet Habu, across the Nile river from Luxor, Egypt, and purchased by collector...
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    grounds of Medinet Habu. She was succeeded as Divine Adoratrice by Amenirdis II, who was succeeded by Nitocris I. Shepenupet II at Medinet Habu Shepenupet...
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    Ancient Iraq "SAOC 12. Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in Medinet Habu Volumes 1 and 2 | The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago"...
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    curiously altered inscription. The basalt image originally was stationed at Medinet-Habu as part of the cultic celebration of the pharaonic "Sed-Festival", but...
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  • Thumbnail for Amun-her-khepeshef (20th dynasty)
    Amun-her-khepeshef before he became pharaoh. He is depicted in his father's temple at Medinet Habu. His well preserved tomb, QV55 (in the Valley of the Queens) was excavated...
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