El-Qurn
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 Al-Qurn from the Valley of the Kings seen from |
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| height | 420 m | |
| location | Egypt | |
| Mountains | Theban mountains | |
| Coordinates | 25 ° 44 '11 " N , 32 ° 35' 46" E | |
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El-Qurn , Al-Qurn (English), el-Korn , el-Qorn ( Arabic القرن, DMG al-Qurn ), El-Qurn or "the Horn" is the current name of the highest point in the Theban Mountains at 420 meters above sea level . Its old name was Ta Dehent , "the summit". This elevation is on the west bank of the Nile , across from Thebes, today's Luxor .
meaning
From the Valley of the Kings el-Qurn acts like a big pyramid , which is why some Egyptologists a correlation between the shape of the mountain and the election of the Valley of the Kings as the burial place of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom from I. Thutmose produce. For example Kent R. Weeks: “The highest point is el-Qurn, the horn, at the southern end of the valley (of the valley of the kings) ... Its pyramidal shape may have reminded the Egyptians of the symbol of the sun god Re and prompted them to use the To lay out the ruler's cemetery. "
Four indications in particular speak for this interpretation . In particular, the conspicuous pyramidal shape of the mountain, the burial places of the kings on the north side like the pyramids, the burial places of the queens situated south like the pyramids and the use of similar symbolic landmarks within the same (18th) dynasty. King (Pharaoh) Akhenaten had his new capital Akhet-Aton with its necropolis built on a rock formation in Middle Egypt, which was similar to the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for "horizon" (Achet) and in which at certain times the sun disk was a symbol of the god Aton was seen.
The summit of the natural pyramid el-Qurn towers over the Valley of the Kings, which is 140 meters above sea level, by almost 300 meters. The area of the mountain was associated with the cult of the goddess Hathor and also with the serpent deity Meretseger . Near the highest point, a plate-shaped rock formation is reminiscent of the splayed pronotum of a cobra .
Summit trails
The summit can be reached on foot either from the Valley of the Kings or from near Deir el-Medina . The ascent takes about one to one and a half hours and about the same time for the way back. The plate-shaped rock formation, reminiscent of a cobra, is located on the Deir-el-Medina route.
literature
- Nicholas Reeves , Richard H. Wilkinson : The Valley of the Kings. Bechtermünz, Augsburg 2002, ISBN 3-8289-0739-3 , p. 17.
- Richard H. Wilkinson, Kent R. Weeks: The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings. Oxford University Press, New York 2016, ISBN 978-0-19-993163-7 , p. 49.
Web links
- Video from the summit on youtube.com
- Slide show of the ascent of the summit and the surrounding hills ( memento from April 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on kizoa.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.answers.com/topic/valley-of-the-kings#cite_note-kv5histdevelopment-17 Wikipedia Valley of the Kings (History)
- ↑ http://www.nefershapiland.de/kv_20_38.htm Thutmose I - royal grave -, Nefers Hapiland, co-author JH Pirzer
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Historical Development of the Valley of the Kings in the New Kingdom
- ↑ Kent R. Weeks, Araldo de Luca (Ed.): “In the Valley of the Kings. On funerary art and the cult of the dead of the Egyptian rulers "Verlagsgruppe Weltbild GmbH 2001, p. 112
- ↑ Dr. Thomas Stuhlfauth, personal communication, Valley of the Kings (Luxor) February 28, 2009
- ↑ Frequently used hieroglyphs
- ↑ 3sat online: Wedding in Amarna, "Culture time extra" Nefertiti and the secret of Amarna part 3
- ↑ Mosapedia: Achetaton
