| Egypt - Medinat Habu Date(s): December 2003. Album by nathan wolfson. 1 - 21 of 21 Total. |
 1 Madinat Habu Ankh |
 2 Madinat Habu Mortuary temple of Ramesses III, second only in size to Karnak. |
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 4 Madinat Habu Ramesses III offering incense to Amun. |
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 6 Madinat Habu Me, Dannette, photographing hyroglyphics on the ceiling. |
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 13 Madinat Habu Cartouche of Ramesses III. This cartuoche was cut deep into the rock so it would be difficult to "erase" in later years. |
 14 Madinat Habu Vulture Ceiling |
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 17 Madinat Habu Both cartouche (an ornamental tablet of stone or wood intended to be inscribed) shown are of Ramesses III. The cartouche are seperated by an Ankh. From the Blue Guide Egypt "In pharaonic times the king\'s titulary was a formula of five names: a birth name and four which were adopted on his accession to the throne." The cartouch on the left represents: "The last name, or Nomen, also written inside a cartouche, was the name the king was givven when he was born and equates more or less with the family name... This name was introduced by an epithet which looks like a duck and a disc, which means the son of the sun god Re\'." The cartouch on the right represents: "The Prenomen, the name taken by the king when he acceeded to the throne. It was always written in a cartouche... It was introduced by a group of signs reading nesu bit (looks like a reed and a bee), literally \'He who belongs to the sedge and the bee", that is \'King of Upper and Lower Egypt\'..." |
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 21 Madinat Habu Ramesses III smiting some enemies. |