The Temple Of Abydos or The Temple of Seti I is located in Abydos, the 8th province in ancient Egypt.
In ancient times it was called Abdu, and the Greeks called it Abydos
Ancient Egyptians believed that the tomb of Osiris, the “God of the Dead, and the Underworld” was located in Abydos, and it is where his head was buried.
The Temple of Seti I
This temple was built during the reign of King Seti I and was finished by the following two generations, his son and grandson: Ramses II and Mern-Ptah.
This temple has a unique design in the shape of an upside-down “L”. It also contains the most complete list of Kings and Gods in Egypt. The Temple contains 7 shrines dedicated to 7 Gods: Osiris, Isis, Horus, Amon Ra, Ra HorAkhty and Ptah, and Seti I as a deified King. In this temple you can also find the most well-preserved painted reliefs and texts from the 18th Dynasty.
The Temple of Abydos was constructed with white marble and once had a large pylon built by Ramses II.
The facade the temple is a square-columned facade with 12 rectangular pillars adorned with decorations of Ramses II welcoming the Gods Osiris, Isis and Horus.
The temple originallyhad 7 gates leading to 7 shrines constructed by Seti I, but Ramses II made additional parts to the construction, and there is only one gate open now.
This gate leads to a hypostyle hall, which was built and decorated by King Ramses II. The columns here are decorated with papyrus-bud capitals. There are many representations of Ramses II offering too many Gods.
On the west you will find a second even more impressive Hypostyle hall which was built bySeti II, its walls depicting Seti I giving offerings, to Osiris and Horus, in front of Osiris shrine. The decorations in this hall are the best in the temple and the finely painted wall is of amazing quality.
Behind the hall are 7 sanctuaries dedicated by Seti I, and made for Osiris, Isis, Horus, Amon Ra, Ra HorAkhty, Ptah, and Seti I as a deified King.
To the left of the 2nd hypostyle hall are two entrances. One leads to the hall of Sokker and Nefertum, while the other leads to a narrow decorated hall, with a list of 76 Kings. Missing from this list are the names of the “Heretic King”, Akhenaton, and Queen Hatshepsut
This corridor leads to the hall of sacred boats, where the sacred boats where stored. There was also a hall for sacrifices, where animals got slaughtered in sacred rituals.
