Obelisks in Ancient Egypt
The obelisk is considered a distinct architectural element in ancient Egyptian architecture, as it is a single piece of pink granite or other stone
The obelisk was known in the ancient Egyptian texts as (Taken) and in the Greek texts as Obelisk the Europeans called it a word needle And its name is the Arab Obelisk The word obelisk came as an expression of its pointed top, like the ancient Egyptian obelisk. The obelisk is a symbolic element with four sides, ending with a pyramidal top resting on a separate base on which a text may be recorded. It is decorated with statues of monkeys cheering the sun, and the four sides of the obelisk are engraved with scenes and texts related to the king and the god to whom it was dedicated Obelisk
The obelisk was erected to the right and left of the entrance to the temple (in front of the temple edifice) The obelisk has a religious significance, as it is one of the primitive symbols, which people in early history may have begun to establish for the god Ra in On (Heliopolis) in the form of a simple column linking them with this god. bin bin)
Some believe that the obelisk symbolizes the rays of the sun descending from the sky, represented at its hierarchical summit, and some link the obelisk with the god Atum (the creator god in the On myth) Where they considered (Ben Ben) to be the stone seed of Atum, who descended from Atum in the eternal ocean, meaning that the obelisk symbolizes the male organ in the city of On (Heliopolis).
Others linked the obelisk with the god Ra, given that the sun disk is the oldest symbol of the god Ra, which was depicted on the top of the obelisk, as it was stated in the Pyramid Texts that he is Bibi, who belongs to the two obelisks of Ra on earth.
The use of obelisks in temples began with the emergence of the doctrine of the sun, and the oldest known example of an obelisk is from the era of the Fifth Dynasty, which does not mean that it was known before this date.
virey nice
ReplyDeletewooow
ReplyDelete