Osireion - King Seti I Temple - XIX Dynasty (1293-1188 BC) - Abydos (Abjdu), Egypt

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This is the almost unique structure that today we refer to as the Osireion. It is located within the enclosure walls, perfectly aligned, with King Seti I Temple, XIX Dynasty (1293-1188 BC) in Abydos (Abjdu), Egypt. The architecture of the Osireion is suggested to be inspired by the Valley Temple of King Khafre at Giza, Egypt. This model is a faithful attempt to reconstruct the Osireion to scale using ancient Egyptian measurements of royal cubits (RC). 1 Royal Cubit (RC) = 0.524 mtr. / 52.4 cm. The center of the Osireion is a rectangular island with 10 Aswan rose colored granite pillars each 4 RC (2.096 mtr.) square and 8 RC (4.192 mtr.) high. 2 unequal receptacles carved into the center of the floor. At either end of the island, stairways about 7 RC (3.668 mtr.) lead down into the water channel. The channel surrounding the island is about 4 RC (2.096 mtr.) across, 7 RC (3.668 mtr.) deep. The outside walls of the structure, made of red sandstone, some 12 RC (6.288 mtr.) thick, contain 6 cells on each of the room's long sides, 3 more on the wall facing King Seti I's temple, and three more on the opposite wall. After download, open with Google sketchup, check out 'layers' under window tab, to see details of the structure including the roof. Let me know what you think of this model either by using the rating option or by contacting me: mshahed@yahoo.com. #Abjdu #Abydos #Aswan #birth #channel #cm #cubit #cubits #Egypt #Giza #granite #King_Seti #meter #mtr #Osireion #Osiris #pharaonic #pillar #pillars #pool #reconstruction #rose #rose_granite #royal_cubit #royal_cubits #seti #stairs #stairway #stone #strabo #strabo_well #temple #tons #valley #valley_temple #water #well #XIX_Dynasty_12931188_BC