The Festive and Processional Pathways in Ancient Egypt: The Beautiful Feast of the Valley in Thebes “Case Study” | ||||
| مجلة کلية الآداب و العلوم الإنسانية جامعة قناة السويس | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 2, Issue 30, September 2019, Page 58-99 PDF (776.63 K) | ||||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jfhsc.2019.85771 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
إسلام نبيل 
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| کلية السياحة - جامعة قناة السويس | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| In ancient times the Egyptians enjoyed commemorating the important religious or political occasions (both local and national) with special festivals. The processions were a unique type of celebration, as the image of the god on its divine bark used to be moved from a temple to other or from a region to other. The Beautiful Feast of the Valley was one of the most famous feasts in Thebes, and seems to have been already celebrated during the Middle Kingdom and continued to be observed through the Greco-Roman period. The Beautiful Feast of the Wadi procession began at Karnak, with the portable barks of Amun-Re, Mut, and Khonsu leaving the east bank with the other royal barks, | ||||
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