In 25 BC, Greek geographer Strabo visited Abydos and described the Osirion as a “remarkable structure built of solid stone.” He described a deep fountain and a vaulted gallery of monoliths “of surprising size and workmanship,” comparing the monument with the labyrinth but noting that it was “not multiplex.”
Strabo identified the site as a sanctuary of Osiris. The video argues that he had no explanatory framework because nothing in the Greco-Roman world matched the structure’s scale, and presents Khafra’s Valley Temple at Giza as its only similar monument. Those are the video’s interpretations, not Strabo’s claims. The Osirion then remained buried under roughly 40 feet of sand and rubble for about 1,900 years.
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Abydoss: The Osireion - Ancient-Wisdomancient-wisdom.comAbydoss has revealed itself to be one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt. It is the site of the pre-dynastic royal graveyard, ...
Abydos (Hellespont) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgAbydos was founded in c. 670 BC at the most narrow point in the straits, and thus was one of the main ...
Place - ToposTexttopostext.orgStrabo, Geography (Str.) §17.1.42 a form of government after the Grecian mode. Above this city is Abydos, where is the palace of Memnon, constructed in a ...
The World According to Strabo about 25 B.C. / Map of the World ...artsourceinternational.comThe World According to Strabo about 25 B.C. / Map of the World According to Eratoshenes about 225 B.C. ; Size: 10 x 13 inches ; Condition: Very Good, light age ...
LacusCurtius • Strabo's Geography — Book XVII Chapter 1 (§§ 25‑54)penelope.uchicago.eduÆlius Gallus made the voyage about 25 B.C., but that Chaeremon was a tutor of Nero after A.D. 49. ❦. 161 The Epitome reads "three years," and Diogenes ...
Osireiontripbucket.comIt is an integral part of Seti I's funeral complex and is built to resemble an 18th Dynasty Valley of the Kings tomb. It was discovered by archaeologists ...
A Pilgrimage to Abydosstoryarchaeology.comThis mysterious ruin is constructed of huge monolithic blocks, unadorned and utterly archaic in atmosphere. Water fills the rectangular place, ...
Osireionen.wikipedia.orgThe Osireion (or Osirion) is believed to be the cenotaph of Seti I, located to the rear of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt. The temple was built in the ...
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