Ramses III Making Incense Offering to Amun at Medinet Habu ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ โแธลกr.t ฤฑอmnet.tโ โthe sacred westโ Notice the unique and unusual placement of the sun-disk ๐๐๐๐ณ โฤฑอtnโ on the top of the head ๐ท๐ค โแธฅrโ of Ramses III (๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐บ) โrห-ms-s แธฅq3-iwnwโ, this was reserved strictly for the gods ๐น๐น๐น โnแนฏrwโ such as Ra, Hathor, Sekhmet, Tefnut, Khonsu, etc. Ramses III is dressed in a high status regalia and offers the state god, Amun ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ โฤฑอmnโ โthe hidden oneโ, burning incense ๐น๐ข๐๐๐ธ๐ฌ โsnแนฏrโ in a traditional posture of devotion. Usermaatre-Meryamun Rameses III was the second Pharaoh ๐๐ผ โpr-ห3โ โGreat Houseโ of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. He is thought to have reigned from 1186-1155 BC and is considered to be the last great monarch of the New Kingdom to wield any substantial authority over Egypt - Black Land - Kemet ๐๐ ๐๐ โkmtโ His long reign saw the decline of Egyptian ๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ช โrmแนฏโ political and economic power, linked to a series of invasions and internal economic problems, such at the rising power ๐ช๐๐๐๐ โpแธฅtyโ of the priesthood, that also plagued pharaohs before him. This coincided with a decline in the cultural sphere of Ancient Egypt. ๐ธ @peter.copek (thank you for the high-res image) ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ @egyptologylessons ๐น๐ฝ๐ด๐๐๐ณ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ #Ancientegypt #รคgypten #egyptianhistory #egyptology #hieroglyphs #egypte #egitto #ๅๅ #ู ุตุฑ #egipto #์ด์งํธ #ramsesiii #medinethabu #amun #temple #incense #offering #pharaoh (at Medinet Habu) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjDuafKOIUU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=











