Image Tanis Ramses Righted EG077195JHP by Jim Henderson

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This gallery has photographs of the main sites North of Cairo, usually visited privately as not part of most Egyptian tours, and includes Heliopolis, Tell Basta near Zagazig and Tanis near the north coast of Egypt
Tanis Ramses Righted EG077195JHP Tanis Amun Temple Ramasses Obelisk Cartouche painted carvings righted photo Ancient Egyptian City Delta Northern Egypt once thought to be the capital created by Ramses but was the capital of the 24th Nome of Lower Egypt and important in the late Egyptian period.The photo shows the painted carvings the right way up taken from a broken obelisk lying on its side. Has Ramesside Temple of Amun with other temples from reigns of Osorkon, Sheshonq and Ptolemy but of special interest are the Royal Tombs where that of Psusennes in particular was intact and gave up one of the richest burial good collections, apart from Tutankhamun, with its famous silver coffin, now in the Cairo Museum. A visit to Tanis is usually by private means but can be incorporated with a day trip through the Delta visiting Heliopolis and Tell Basta but does involve considerable motoring. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Tanis, San al-Hagar, Djane, Delta, Avaris, Quantir, history, ancient, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, Ramasses, Ramses, obelisk, painted, granite, carvings, hieroglyphs, cartouche, righted, turned
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: North of Cairo
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Tanis Ramses Righted EG077195JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-28 13:22:40
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Tanis Amun Temple Ramasses Obelisk Cartouche painted carvings righted photo

Ancient Egyptian City Delta Northern Egypt once thought to be the capital created by Ramses but was the capital of the 24th Nome of Lower Egypt and important in the late Egyptian period.The photo shows the painted carvings the right way up taken from a broken obelisk lying on its side. Has Ramesside Temple of Amun with other temples from reigns of Osorkon, Sheshonq and Ptolemy but of special interest are the Royal Tombs where that of Psusennes in particular was intact and gave up one of the richest burial good collections, apart from Tutankhamun, with its famous silver coffin, now in the Cairo Museum. A visit to Tanis is usually by private means but can be incorporated with a day trip through the Delta visiting Heliopolis and Tell Basta but does involve considerable motoring.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Tanis, San al-Hagar, Djane, Delta, Avaris, Quantir, history, ancient, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, Ramasses, Ramses, obelisk, painted, granite, carvings, hieroglyphs, cartouche, righted, turned