Of all the enormous monuments throughout Egypt and Nubia that Ramesses II (the Great; ca. 1279-1212 BCE) left behind, his temple at Abydos, built early in his r
Two of the most characteristic aspects of ancient Egyptian culture - kingship and a great attention to death - were present from a very early age. The first kin
The volume is the first of two complementary volumes that explore Abydos through the lenses of the latest archaeological, archival and collections research, bui