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100 1 $aO'Connor, David B.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83306088
245 10 $aAbydos :$bEgypt's first pharaohs and the cult of Osiris /$cby David O'Connor.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bThames & Hudson,$c2009.
300 $a216 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c26 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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490 1 $aNew aspects of antiquity
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 210-214) and index.
505 0 $aThe discovery of Abydos -- Osiris: eternal Lord who presides in Abydos -- The temple of Seti I -- The rediscovery of Abydos -- The expanding landscape of the Middle Kingdom -- The landscape completed: Abydos in the New Kingdom -- The climax of the Osiris cult -- The royal tombs of Abydos -- The mysterious enclosures of Abydos -- Boat graves and pyramid origins -- Abydos: summing-up.
520 $aAbydos is one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, the burial place of the first kings of Egypt ,and a cult center of Osiris, god of the underworld and judge of the dead. Past archaeological finds in Abydos include the oldest surviving boats in the world, the earliest indications of writing in Egypt, and a number of temples and tombs, many of which predate the first pyramids at Saqqara.
651 0 $aAbydos (Egypt : Extinct city)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004865
600 00 $aOsiris$c(Egyptian deity)$xCult.
651 0 $aEgypt$xAntiquities.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041263
830 0 $aNew aspects of antiquity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83731679
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