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    Medinet Habu (Arabic: مدينة هابو, romanized: Madīnat Hābū; Ancient Egyptian: ḏꜣmwt; Sahidic Coptic: (ⲧ)ϫⲏⲙⲉ, ϫⲏⲙⲏ, ϫⲉⲙⲉ, ϫⲉⲙⲏ, ϫⲏⲙⲓ; Bohairic Coptic:...
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    The Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size...
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  • The memorial temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu contains a minor list of pharaohs of the New Kingdom of Egypt. The inscriptions closely resemble the...
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    sources such as the reliefs on the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu. Subsequent research developed the hypothesis further, attempting to...
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    of war, found in Ramesses III's palaces at Medinet Habu (adjacent to the Mortuary Temple at Medinet Habu) and Tell el-Yahudiyeh. Large numbers of faience...
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    they are first attested to in reliefs at the Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, in which they are called the Peleset (𓊪𓏲𓂋𓏤𓏤𓐠𓍘𓇋𓍑), accepted...
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    constructed one of the largest mortuary temples of western Thebes, now called Medinet Habu. He was assassinated in the Harem conspiracy led by his secondary wife...
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    is the largest known dyad ever carved. The statue originally stood in Medinet Habu, Western Thebes; today it is the centerpiece of the main hall of the...
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    known about the battle comes from the mortuary temple of Ramesses III in Medinet Habu. The description of the battle and prisoners is documented in detail...
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    Medamud, Medinet Habu, and Tod – saw the last substantial building work on Egyptian temples.: 16  After those of Antoninus Pius found at Medinet Habu, Deir...
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    on the temple walls of the mortuary temple of pharaoh Ramesses III at Medinet Habu. In the 12th century BC, the Sea Peoples (which consisted of several...
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  • Arm”) is shown on a stone block originally from the Ramesseum, reused in Medinet Habu. His name shows Asian influence like that of Bintanath and Mahiranath...
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    all cases but three, features a circular accouterment at the crest. At Medinet Habu the corslet appears similar to that worn by the Philistines. The Sherden...
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    had initiated as senior advisor and constructed a mortuary temple at Medinet Habu for his own use. A stela of Nakhtmin (Berlin 2074), a military officer...
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    John A., eds. (1936). Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in Medinet Habu Volumes 1 and 2 (PDF). "Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization" ser...
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    abandonment of Pyla, which occurred around the time span described by the Medinet Habu reliefs. Timeline of the name Palestine Killebrew, Ann E. (2017). "The...
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    the southern abandoned coast of Canaan, recording this victory on a Medinet Habu temple inscription dated to c. 1150 BC. The pwrꜣsꜣtj are generally identified...
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    curiously altered inscription. The basalt image originally was stationed at Medinet-Habu as part of the cultic celebration of the pharaonic "Sed-Festival", but...
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  • reign of Ramesses III, namely the second pylon of his mortuary temple at Medinet Habu, and the Great Harris Papyrus. No visual representation of the Weshesh...
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    II record the liturgy used by the priests, and reliefs at Karnak and Medinet Habu illustrate select rites and spells. The bulk of the rituals concern preparing...
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    to exclude both Tausret and even Siptah of the 19th dynasty from his Medinet Habu list of Egyptian kings thereby delegitimizing them in the eyes of the...
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    Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Upper Egypt, in the desert to the south of Medinet Habu. The site also included a temple dedicated to Amenhotep III's Great Royal...
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  • during the 20th Dynasty, Ramesses III constructed his own temple at Medinet Habu. This was the largest mortuary temple to be built. The construction began...
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    The first known mention of Peleset is at the temple of Ramesses in Medinet Habu, which refers to the Peleset among those who fought against Egypt during...
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    Medinet Habu – facing outboard at stem and stern – invites comparison with the bird boats (Vogelbarke) of Central Europe "The Vogelbarke of Medinet Habu...
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    grounds of Medinet Habu. She was succeeded as Divine Adoratrice by Amenirdis II, who was succeeded by Nitocris I. Shepenupet II at Medinet Habu Shepenupet...
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    — Inscription from the second pylon of the temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu Not only Egypt was affected by the Sea People invasions. The empire of...
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    established beyond doubt by a large relief found in the portico of the Medinet Habu temple of Ramesses III known as the "Procession of the Princes". The...
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    from the "Story of Wenamun", the Tjeker are also documented earlier, at Medinet Habu, as raiders defeated by Pharaoh Ramesses III of Egypt in years 5, 8,...
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    Setnakhte's son, formally considered the last legitimate ruler in his Medinet Habu kinglist. Setnakhte was a man of unknown origins who seized the throne...
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