Six Temples at Thebes - Petrie, 1896

More reading material for those of you with an interest in the Theban (Luxor) West Bank. Of particular interest to this blog is the Temple of Wadjmose (Uazmes) in Chapter 1.


Some information supplied by Petrie includes:

• Discovered by Daressy in 1887
• Written texts on the clearance of the temple/ chapel did not appear in print (public)
• A possible restoration by Amenhotep III
• Brief comments on finds
• Temple/ chapel plan
• Diagram showing its position on the Theban West Bank.

Six Temples at Thebes, Petrie - 1896

From The Internet Archive.


Regards,
Stuart

Temple of Wadjmose - West Bank, Luxor

Goodness knows how this managed to escape me, but i got there in the end!

Wadjmose and Amunmose, brothers and their half sister was Hatsheput. Both may have had a ligitimate claim to the throne, but neither survived long enough for that. Wadjmose, Amenmose and Hatshepsut shared a father, Thutmose I.

I have located a number of items/ artifacts relating to Amenmose for the Hatshepsut Museum Database, but Wadjmose is a little harder to locate.

A single monument which is today labelled as the Temple of Wadjmose lies on the Theban (Luxor) West Bank.

I will look into obtaining further details ob this monument. Until then, thanks to Amelia Blandford Edwards for the tip off. What had me confused was Amelia's rendering of the name i know as Wadjmose. It appeared as something like Uatsmes - so i ignored it multiple times, before the penny dropped.

**Amended 27/11/11

Regards,
Stuart