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Encyclopedia > Speos Artemidos

The Speos Artemidos (Modern: "Istabl 'Antar"), in Egypt, is located about 2 km south of the Middle Kingdom tombs at Beni Hasan, and about 28 km south of Al Minya. KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management KM programming language Comoros (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) the Michaelis-Menten constant Km, see Michaelis-Menten kinetics Kamenz (district), Germany (license plate indication) Messenia, Greece (license plate indication... The Middle Kingdom is a period in the history of ancient Egypt stretching from the establishment of the Eleventh dynasty to the end of the Fourteenth dynasty, roughly between 1986 BC and 1633 BC. The Beginning The Middle Kingdom is usually dated to when Pharaoh Mentuhotep II from Thebes defeated... Beni Hasan (or Bani Hasan) is about 25km south of Al Minya, on the east bank of the Nile There are 39 ancient tombs here of Middle Kingdom nomarchs of the Oryx nome. ... Al Minya is one of the governorates of Upper-Egypt. ...


There are 2 temples here, both dedictaed to Pakhet, and are cut out of the rock, into the cliffs on the eastern side of the Nile. In Egyptian mythology, Pakhet (also spelled Pachet, Pekhet, Phastet, and Pasht, Egyptian ), a solar deity with a desert cats head. ... The Nile in Egypt Length 6 695 km Elevation of the source 1 134 m Average discharge 2 830 m³/s Area watershed 3 400 000 km² Origin Africa Mouth the Mediterranean Basin countries Uganda - Sudan - Egypt The Nile (Arabic: النيل an-nÄ«l), in Africa, is one of the two...


An earlier temple was probably located here, but no traces older than that of Hatshepsut have been found. The decorations inside have been usurped by Seti I in places, his name replacing that of Hatshepsut. A statue of Hatshepsut commissioned without the false beard. ... Shabti of Seti, from his tomb in the Valley of the Kings Seti I was a pharaoh of Ancient Egypt (19th dynasty), the son of Rameses I and Queen Sitre and later the father of Rameses II. According to some historians, he reigned between 1291 BC and 1278 BC. According... A statue of Hatshepsut commissioned without the false beard. ...


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Beni Hasan - Travel Guide (426 words)
Very close nearby is the small rock-cut temple known as Speos Artemidos, also worth a visit.
The necropolis of Beni Hasan consists of 39 tombs in total, mostly dating to the Middle Kingdom 11th and 12th Dynasties.
Speos Artemidos (the Grotto of Artemis), known locally as Istabl Antar (the Stable of Antar, a local Arab hero-poet) - a small rock-cut temple shrine devoted to the local lion goddess Pakht and constructed by the 18th Dynasty pharaohs Hatshepshut and Thutmose III.
Speos Artemidos Inscription of Hatshepsut - Ancient Near East .Net (1027 words)
Speos Artemidos Inscription of Hatshepsut - Ancient Near East.Net
James P. Allen, "The Speos Artemidos Inscription of Hatshepsut", Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar 16 (2002), pp.1-17, pls.1+2.
The Speos Artemidos Inscription of Hatshepsut and Related Discussions, Baltimore: Halgo, 2004.
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