Dr. Campbell Price
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 10 Jun
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That's the sacred site of the ancient god Osiris.
So you very easily, by building a temple there, connect yourself to this very long-standing cult of the god of rebirth.
And in that temple, beautifully decorated temple, there is a very significant corridor, very significant for historical reasons, because following on a tradition, which itself is quite old, of celebrating previous kings, there is a scene of Seti I and his young son Ramesses reading out
declaiming, announcing, ritualizing the names of all their predecessors.
And this hall of ancestors is significantly located between the abattoir and the temple offering rooms.
So all the offerings of the beef have to go in front of the corridor.
So you're feeding the souls of everyone named on the wall as you pass.
So it's this metaphysical sense of
not just celebrating, look at all these great kings who've come before, but ensuring that their souls quite literally are sustained with offerings by locating the offering list in this particular place.
It also anchors and ramesses the second end
as prince crown prince this time we think yeah I mean really as the heir apparent and there must be what's not uncommon in ancient Egypt a co-regency so there is not just a crown prince there is a nominated successor who kind of shares the throne
maybe you know said to the first saw or foresaw that he wasn't going to live a very long life he can only be 40-ish when he dies and then Ramesses II must come to the throne pretty young 20 maybe
Yes, yes, absolutely.
You're right.
We know this on the north wall of the outside of the main temple of Amun-e-Karna.
Yes.
My gosh.
And often it's missed by tourists.
They're impressed by the hypostyle hall and what's going on inside.
But if you step outside, you see an absolutely incredible depiction of military engagements where, you know, Seti I is leading the
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