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March 25 , 2004
Hut-Sekhem Temple Info Posted at 20:00 EST
While looking over "The Complete Temple of Ancient Egypt" by Richard H. Wilkinson last night I came up on this:
"The ancient nome capital of Hut-Sekhem or simply Hut, modern Hiw, is located on the Nile’s west bank where the river turns back to a northward course after it's distinctive loop in the Theban region. the site is known to date to at least the time of Senwosret I, but no temples of pharaonic date have been discovered here- although several are mentioned in the ancient texts such as Papyrus Haris I from the reign of Ramesses III. The local deity Bat, who was worshipped in the form of a human-headed, bovine-eared goddess (later assimilated with Hathor), doubtless had a sanctuary here. Remains of two temples of the Graeco-Roman period still exist, however. The first was built by Ptolemy VI, and the later under the Roman emperors Nerva and Hadrian."






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