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Abedjou

(Abydos/This)



Sacred Place for Millennia

 
 

Abydos, or Abedjw as the ancient Egyptian name was, is the most important and long standing of religious sites in all of ancient Egypt. The earliest finds are from the predynastic era, and it remained the main center for pilgrimage and the cult of Wesir until the Christian days.

These pages cover a brief historic outline as well as an account of the mytho-religious aspects of the so called Passion Plays annually celebrated here.


 Abedjou Main  Abedjou History  Passion Plays
 Temple of Seti I  Hypostyles & King List  Temple of Ramesses II
 The Osireion  Myth of Wesir, Set & Aset  Myth of the Heruchild
    Lamentations of
Aset & Nebt-Het 		 




My warm thanks to
Steve Beikirch
for allwing to use of his beautiful photos!
Steve has a great page Here

Sources:
'Ägypten, Die Welt Der Pharaonen': article by Regine Shculz & Hourig Sourouzian
'British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt' - Ian Shaw & Paul Nicholson
'Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods' - Dimitri Meeks & Christine Favard-Meeks







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