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Medinet Habu Scene

The Egyptians, supported by the Pereset and the Peoples of the Sea, assault the Libyans. Observe the headgear, the small shields of the Peoples of the Sea. This reflects the changes in military hardware introduced by the Greek general Iphicrates. The story of this war is written up in the `History by Diodorus', and `Pereset' are identified in the Canopus Decree. Das Bild zeigt das die Ägypter, von den Pereseten und den Seeleuten unterstützt gegen die Lybier kämpften. Seht euch ihre Helme und die kleinen Schilder der Seevölker Soldaten an. Dies weist darauf hin wie der Griechische General Iphicrates neue Bewaffnung einführte wie es in der Geschichte des Diodorus' erklärt wird. The Egyptians fight, with the assistance of the Peoples of the Sea, against the soldiers of the Pereset. This reflects the situation as it existed when the Greek admiral Chabrias was in Egyptian mercenary service and the Persians were ejected from Egypt as described by the Greek historian Diodo...

The Singer of Amoun

In ancient Egypt taking part in processions, singing, dancing and playing musical instruments was a typically female prerogative. Priestesses were frequently indicated with their specific functions within the train of the divinity and it was only natural that the queen herself performed a number of these priestly functions. The fragmentary hieroglyphic inscription on the dorsal pillar of the statue reads '...player of the sistrum of Mut and the menat necklace [of Hathor] ... dancer of Hathor....'.   that s a lovely scene of merit who was the enchantress of amoun and a priestess in his temple v. we aee such scene associated with the hb sd festival  she sings   come come in peace in peace

giving offerings formula in hieroglyphs

The Word Mummy in Hieroglyphic language

The Judgment of The Dead in the Hall of Maat

ramsis hunting scene