An Osiris Pillar
Abu Simbel
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. . . . .Upon entering the temple of Abu
Simbel you find yourself in a hypostyle hall, that is lined with
eight Osiris
pillars. They get their name because they show the king, in this case
Ramesses II in the form of a mummy in much the same way that Osiris
is rendered as a mummy.

Image above from a 19th Century lithograph by
David
Roberts.

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