NMC253H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Djer, Thutmose I, Hyksos
28 Jan 2020
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Historical timeline; myths of the sky 1 solar myths. End of dyn 12 shortly after first significant female ruler nefresobek. Dyn 13 sequence of short lived rulers; lack of strong kings. Magic wands with sharpened edges, of ivory images of demonic animals. Represent a horizon place them over the belly so the child appears under the horizon of celestial deities, and thus likened to the sun god. Emphasis on the religion of osiris: tombe of 1st dyn king djer at abydos is reinterpreted as the tomb of osiris. New festival celebrating the resurrection of osiris at abydos; ppl pilgrimage here for it. Lack of strong rulers losens hold over nubia. Gradual influx of asiatics into the eastern delta. Cult centre of baal, in tell el-dabaa whom the egyptians tie to seth as seth is the god of foreign countries. Hyksos rulers from asia take over rule egypt and form the first ever foreign dynasty.
