The Typhonium of Wad Ben Naga

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Typhonium of Wad Ben Naga

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In 2009, the Czech National Museum&apos;s Archaeological Expedition to Wad Ben Naga launched excavations at the Meroitic site of Wad Ben Naga, located some 130 km northeast of Khartoum. The first seasons focused on revisiting the excavations of structures that had been excavated by the Sudanese Antiquities expedition between 1958 and 1960. Since 2011, the Expedition has been engaged in the exploration of the hitherto unexcavated Kom A. According to the records of the early European and American visitors to the Middle Nile region, the kom was dominated by ruins of a temple, or more precisely, by pillars decorated with depiction of the god Bes. The originally Egyptian god, then identified with the Greek mythological creature Typhon, inspired the structure&apos;s modern name. The Typhonium [WBN 200] (as well as the site of Wad Ben Naga itself) was first described in 1821/1822 by Frédéric Cailliaud, and its ruins remained in the centre of attention of both travellers and scholars visiting Wad Ben Naga until the pillars disappeared later in the 19th century. The recent excavations revealed a multi-roomed temple with a unique architectural design, which once stood in a more extensive temple complex. It was presumably located on the northern side of the main processional avenue leading to the site&apos;s main sanctuary - the so-called Isis Temple (WBN 300). The temple is built of adobes and burnt bricks with a limited use of sandstone for special architectural features (door jambs, architraves, threshold, pillars etc.). Based on the epigraphic evidence, supported by the radiocarbon dating, the temple proper - which most likely replaced an older structure - was built by King Natakamani, since his cartouches were found on a fragment of wall painting that once decorated the walls of the main sanctuary.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Typhonium of Wad Ben Naga

Popis výsledku anglicky

In 2009, the Czech National Museum&apos;s Archaeological Expedition to Wad Ben Naga launched excavations at the Meroitic site of Wad Ben Naga, located some 130 km northeast of Khartoum. The first seasons focused on revisiting the excavations of structures that had been excavated by the Sudanese Antiquities expedition between 1958 and 1960. Since 2011, the Expedition has been engaged in the exploration of the hitherto unexcavated Kom A. According to the records of the early European and American visitors to the Middle Nile region, the kom was dominated by ruins of a temple, or more precisely, by pillars decorated with depiction of the god Bes. The originally Egyptian god, then identified with the Greek mythological creature Typhon, inspired the structure&apos;s modern name. The Typhonium [WBN 200] (as well as the site of Wad Ben Naga itself) was first described in 1821/1822 by Frédéric Cailliaud, and its ruins remained in the centre of attention of both travellers and scholars visiting Wad Ben Naga until the pillars disappeared later in the 19th century. The recent excavations revealed a multi-roomed temple with a unique architectural design, which once stood in a more extensive temple complex. It was presumably located on the northern side of the main processional avenue leading to the site&apos;s main sanctuary - the so-called Isis Temple (WBN 300). The temple is built of adobes and burnt bricks with a limited use of sandstone for special architectural features (door jambs, architraves, threshold, pillars etc.). Based on the epigraphic evidence, supported by the radiocarbon dating, the temple proper - which most likely replaced an older structure - was built by King Natakamani, since his cartouches were found on a fragment of wall painting that once decorated the walls of the main sanctuary.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA13-09594S" target="_blank" >GA13-09594S: Výzkum merojského královského města ve Wad Ben Naga (Súdán)</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Nubian Archaeology in the XXIst Century

ISBN

978-90-429-3672-0

ISSN

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e-ISSN

neuvedeno

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

415-422

Název nakladatele

Peeters Publishers

Místo vydání

Leuven

Místo konání akce

Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Datum konání akce

1. 9. 2014

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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