Egypt: Day 3
September 18, 2022
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Above: Inside the Aswan Museum ... during the reign of Pharaoh Nectanebo II around 350 BC, Peteesis made a marriage contract on papyrus with his new wife
Tareshut, which precisely details the silver, copper, garments and food products he receives and the amount he owes if he or she repudiates the marriage.
1 to 5 show the rebuilt Temple of Satet. Satet was the Goddess of War, Hunting, Fertily, plus the Nile flooding, which brought life to the residents of
Upper Egypt. She is one of three deities who formed the Elephantine Triad with Khnum and Anuket. The first temple was built in 3200 BC by locals,
rebuilt by Pepi I around 2300 BC, rebuilt again around 2065 BC by Pharaoh Intef III, and rebuilt again by Pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut around 1500 BC.
Ptolemy VI rebuilt the final temple about 170 BC.
6 shows the modern reconstruction of Temple of Senusret I, the pharaoh at the time, around 1950 BC.
7 to 10 shows the portico and around the Temple of Khnum, built around the same time by Senusret I (around 1950 BC). Khnum is the god of the Source of the Nile.
11 shows our group walking past the Temple of Khnum, to the ruins of the ancient town behind it.
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