The Pyramid of Ahmose

Pyramid of Ahmose I at Abydos
The Pyramid of Ahmose at Abydos possibly the last royal complex built in Egypt. First known histrionics of horses and complex chariot warfare. Oriignall looked into by Mace and Currelly in 1899 and 1902. They did dig the mortuary temple, they did not map out the whole pyramid complex

Thousands of written fragments were got in 1993 by Stephen Harvey. About were niches and edges of blocks. Most were war scenes (arcs and chariots) and some taken the name of Apophis, the essential opponent of Ahmose. May symbolise the only known contemporary record of Ahmose defeat the hittites. Two kings of reliefs: high raised reliefs on chalky limestone and painted in bright ethereal colors (in all probability from the actual predominate of Ahmose) and more basic, unpaitned low reliefs from the dominate of his son, Amenhotep I. Extensive ruins take a pyramid and mortuary complex only a town a workers. Mortuary temple lies to the northern of the pyramid, much like the outer department of the temple, with a massive wal o on the east and ac entral door to a forecourt. No stiff of the inner court were found except for a few spots of pavement.

A second close temple was seen to the southeast, plausibly dediedated to Ahmoses sister-wife, Ahmose-Nefertari. Core of sand and loose stone dust, which collapsed when the outer casing was removed. Probably 525.5 meters (172 fet) square. Slope of about 60 degrees. There do not appear to be any home structures. A shrine lies ot the south, dedicated to Tetisheri, Ahmoses grandmother. It is a mudbrick buildling in the form of a mastaba. A corridor through the center leads to a stela engraved by Ahmose that tells this design to built apyramid in memory of his grandmother. Further south, still in line with th shrine and pyramid, is a tome (or cenotaph). It is inscribed into the bedrock and was light done. The entrance is a quarry that leads to al ow passageway leading to crudely wrought storage rooms. There are 18 pillars inside. Further south are a set of terraces built against the drop-off. The bottom terrage is brick and is 300 feet long. The second bench is rough field stone. These terraces probably put up a temple.

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